Abstract: Kiran Desai is a distinguished Indian women novelist in English during the present century. She is a daughter of Anita Desai who is one of the most prominent Indian women novelists in English. Kiran Desai has written two novels namely Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and Inheritance of loss and won the covetous ‘Booker Prize’ for her second novel in 2006. However her first novel Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is as remarkable her ‘Booker Prize’ novel. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard deals with the theme fake sage hood in which there is an employment of the device called `magic realism’. This article undertakes the study of magic realism adopted in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.
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Although the house moves with its daily routine where father holds a prestigious position at bank and one can read that he seems to be very particular about things and desires for perfection even from other family members.Sampath is working as a clerk in the Post-office.One day as unusual thing happens when the whole family of Sampath has left for marriage.Sampath slips out and takes a bus to a far away orchard.He fastens from the bus to a far away orchard.He fastens from the bus to escape an old woman sitting next to him who keeps asking about his family and his job.He runs toward a large guava tree and climbs up to its top branches.Some people on the bus think they see a large monkey climbing on the tree.But at the same time Sampath feels the energy and beauty of the orchard and tree.He feels at home and when he bites into a fresh guava,he once again feels that wonderful energy and hopefulness from the fruit the one which he felt he has lost somewhere.The astounding feeling he derives from the fruit and setting make him feel more at ease and at home than he can ever remember.Here comes the change in Sampath's life or can say a turning point in Sampath's life.He decides to stay in the guava tree and from there he used to make prophecies for the village people who firmly believed in him.And his popularity dawns on Mr.Chawla that Sampath,with his growing fame as a prophet,could make a lot of money for the family.The people are continuing to visit Sampath at the guava tree.The
The term magic realism derived …show more content…
Although the house moves with its daily routine where father holds a prestigious position at bank and one can read that he seems to be very particular about things and desires for perfection even from other family members.Sampath is working as a clerk in the Post-office.One day as unusual thing happens when the whole family of Sampath has left for marriage.Sampath slips out and takes a bus to a far away orchard.He fastens from the bus to a far away orchard.He fastens from the bus to escape an old woman sitting next to him who keeps asking about his family and his job.He runs toward a large guava tree and climbs up to its top branches.Some people on the bus think they see a large monkey climbing on the tree.But at the same time Sampath feels the energy and beauty of the orchard and tree.He feels at home and when he bites into a fresh guava,he once again feels that wonderful energy and hopefulness from the fruit the one which he felt he has lost somewhere.The astounding feeling he derives from the fruit and setting make him feel more at ease and at home than he can ever remember.Here comes the change in Sampath's life or can say a turning point in Sampath's life.He decides to stay in the guava tree and from there he used to make prophecies for the village people who firmly believed in him.And his popularity dawns on Mr.Chawla that Sampath,with his growing fame as a prophet,could make a lot of money for the family.The people are continuing to visit Sampath at the guava tree.The