Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, which this volume contends has been both gatekeeper as well as a significant force in shaping the production and consumption of this literature.
The first third is stunning, and full of eye-opening insights about what's always irked me about Indian English fiction. That handful of essays finally helped me articulate what I had signed up for the course to learn. It should really have been First Module Required Reading instead of that stupid overrated Rushdie. I agree, I agree, I agree!