Speaking Havoc Social Suffering & South Asian Narratives

What happens when we speak about violence? Ramu Nagappan joins contemporary discussions of the ethics of representing suffering through an examination of literary and cinematic texts that bear witness to social violence in South Asia. The book focuses on literary works by Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry, Saadat Hasan Manto, Salman Rushdie, and the "Spectacular" Bollywood films of director Maniratnam.Nagappan, Ramu is the author of 'Speaking Havoc Social Suffering & South Asian Narratives', published 2007 under ISBN 9780295985572 and ISBN 0295985577.