Quest for Identity

Quest for Identity in the Select Fictions of Patrick Modiano and Rohinton Mistry: A Comparative Study critically reads the works of eminent French author, (also the Nobel Laureate in 2014) Jean Patrick Modiano and Rohinton Mistry, Indo-Canadian writer. The book addresses the issues of the immigrants in France and India/Canada through the perspectives of the two globally acclaimed writers. The comparative study is carried out with a view to comprehensively understanding identical issues of identity in geo-culturally diverse spaces. The book further explores the significant similarities and dissimilarities in the approach of the two writers toward challenging the notion of identity as stable/fixed. The study of identity problems is directly relevant to current socio-political climate of our time. The book widens the scope of understanding identity beyond national boundaries to cogently build up a cross-cultural dialogue. Touching upon the disparate identity narratives of diverse groups in distinct geo-cultural spaces can make us learn to protect the fundamental rights of people living at the margin.