Diasporic History and Transnational Networks in Anita Desai’s Baumgartner’s Bombay

Abstract

Baumgartner’s Bombay di Anita Desai adotta la prospettiva di un ebreo  tedesco scampato allo sterminio nazista e di un’ex cabarettista per collegare le storie di India e Germania. Quest’articolo esamina come questi personaggi – testimoni di una molteplicità di storie e ricettacoli di una varietà di istanze culturali – diano vita ad una rete diasporica di connessioni che smantella la solidità della storia ufficiale e dà un senso alla desolata esperienza dell’esilio.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-7

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