#JLF 2014: The Global Novel

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Channel: Jaipur Literature Festival · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Jhumpa Lahiri, Jonathan Franzen, Jim Crace, Maaza Mengiste, Xioaolu Guo moderated by Chandrahas Chaudhury

Presented by British Council

Unlike the epic poem and the travel book, the novel is not a universal cultural form. It has its origins in  specific literary experiments in eighteenth century  England. Yet the novel is now regarded as the preeminent  literary form.

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