The Last Burden by Upamanyu Chatterjee: A Realistic Criticism on the Degeneration and Changing Values of the Younger Generation
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The Last Burden (1993) is the second novel from the prolific literary pen of Upamanyu Chatterjee followed by ‘English August: An Indian Story’ (1988). ‘The Hindu’ spoke very highly of the novel as it writes, ‘’‘The Last Burden’ is one of the most honest novels of Chatterjee’s generation.’’1 The novel deals with the suffering and obstacle as faced by the contemporary middle class Indian families in day to day life on the realistic front. It broadly highlights the burden which has rather become unbearable for most of the Indian middle class families living in all kind of background.
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The Hindu, Leading English Daily, Book Review, Back Jacket, Chatterjee, Upamanyu, The Last Burden, Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1993, back jacket.
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Ibid.116.
Ibid.234.
Ibid.180.
Ibid.243.
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Wood, James, Book Review, The Guardian, 17/08/1993