novela, realismo mágico, india 1948- 1977

fiction , 1600-present , 1900-1999 , active & passive , allegories , ambivalence , antiheroes , authority & dissent , bearing witness , bourgeoisie , brutality & cruelty , caste system , cinematic techniques , cities , civil war , classic , colonialism, british , comic fantasy , conflicts & dualities , courage & cowardice , cultures in conflict , disillusionment , dominance & submission , east & west , ecumenism , epic novels , family & friendship , family sagas & chronicles , fanaticism , fate & randomness , fiction themes , generational conflict , good & evil , hatred , hinduism , hinduism - relations , historical - india , historical fiction , history & its burdens , history & myth , human qualities & behavior , humorous fiction , imagination , indians (asian) , individual & society , innocence & experience , islam , islam - relations , jungles , language & understanding , literature , loyalty & betrayal , magic realism , mob mentality , mountains , must read , national identity , nationalism, patriotism , oppression , past & present , peace & war , peoples & cultures , personal & political , philosophy , political corruption , politics , poor children , postmodernism , poverty , power struggles , prejudice , pride & shame , reality & illusion , reason & imagination , reform & revolution , religion & beliefs , sacred & profane , salman rushdie , secular & religious , settings , social criticism , society & social issues , soldiers , supernatural , tolerance & intolerance , twists of fate , types of characters , unexplained phenomena , unreliable narrators , violence , virtue & vice , wealth & poverty

conflicts & dualities , east & west , fiction themes