amitav ghosh the shadow lines::Agarwal the iup journal of english studies, vol amitav ghosh the shadow lines

amitav ghosh the shadow lines::Agarwal the iup journal of english studies, vol.
In the novel the past, present and future combine and melt together erasing any kind of line of demarcations.
The title is a good example for showing us the symbolist and the realist elements.
For lukac realism is the literary mode which is capable of representing the totality of society.
First of all, there is the use of simple language.
Another significant factor the novel has is that the main characters are very real, almost rounded.
The text deals with the concerns of our period, the search for identity, the need for independence, the difficult relationship with colonial culture.
The shadow lines interweaves fact, fiction and reminiscence.
It is a continuous narrative which replicates the pattern of violence not only of 1964 but also of 21st century.