Where Shall We Go This Summer?

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"Where Shall We Go This Summer?" is a psychological novel by Indian author Anita Desai that explores themes of alienation, memory, and the inner life of a troubled woman against the backdrop of postcolonial India.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
about a middle-class Indian woman’s inner turmoil ⓘ
a woman’s psychological breakdown and search for refuge ⓘ
author Anita Desai NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
explores impact of past on present ⓘ
psychological depth of the protagonist ⓘ
sense of exile within marriage ⓘ
tension between reality and fantasy ⓘ
urban versus rural life ⓘ
followsCharacter Sita NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Indian English literature ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasCentralConflict Sita’s conflict with her husband ⓘ
Sita’s conflict with society ⓘ
hasCentralMotif island as refuge ⓘ
pregnancy and birth ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasProtagonistGender female ⓘ
hasStructure nonlinear narrative ⓘ
literaryMovement Indian English novel ⓘ
literaryPeriod postcolonial literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Sita NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus interior monologue ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
notableFor intense psychological characterization ⓘ
portrayal of female alienation in postcolonial India ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
setting Bombay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manori Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
postcolonial India ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
escapism ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
female subjectivity ⓘ
identity crisis ⓘ
inner life of women ⓘ
magic and reality ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ
memory ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ

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