The Last Burden by Upamanyu Chatterjee: A Realistic Criticism on the Degeneration and Changing Values of the Younger Generation


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  • Anupama Sharma Research Scholar, Faculty of Humanities, Pacific Academy of Education and Research University Udaipur
  • Dr. Roopesh Chaturvedi Head Dept. of English RVSKVV, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur

Keywords:

Realism, Degeneration, Sufferings, Responsibility

Abstract

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.

Chatterjee, Upamanyu, The Last Burden, Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1993, back jacket.

Ghosh, Sagarika, A Testimony to Change, The Times of India, Sunday Review, Aug.28, 1993, p 5

Chatterjee, Upamanyu, The Last Burden, Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1993, 63.

Ibid.116.

Ibid.234.

Ibid.180.

Ibid.243.

Bhagat, Chetan, Half Girlfriend, Rupa Publications India Pvt.Ltd.2014, 77.

Kanga, Firdaus, The Last Burden, The back jacket

Chatterjee, Upamanyu, The Last Burden, Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 243.

Wood, James, Book Review, The Guardian, 17/08/1993

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Published

2017-04-30

How to Cite

Anupama Sharma, and Dr. Roopesh Chaturvedi. “The Last Burden by Upamanyu Chatterjee: A Realistic Criticism on the Degeneration and Changing Values of the Younger Generation”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 2, no. 1, Apr. 2017, pp. 19-24, https://www.thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/433.

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