... of audience," Mistry responds rather grandly, "I suppose the world is my audience," then qualifies the claim by adding "At least, I wish it" (146). To a degree, the English-speaking world has become his audience, even though the wide reception of Mistry's fiction set in the milieu of a minority religious community and focused on Indian political events does raise some questions. First, are Western readers just plain curious about ... a bit of a theorist, explaining at one point that their son is writing about earlier times, "because they are far enough in the past for him to deal with o...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of audience," Mistry responds rather grandly, "I suppose the world is my audience," then qualifies the claim by adding "At least, I wish it" (146). To a degree, the English-speaking world has become his audience, even though the wide reception of Mistry's fiction set in the milieu of a minority religious community and focused on Indian political events does raise some questions. First, are Western readers just plain curious about ... a bit of a theorist, explaining at one point that their son is writing about earlier times, "because they are far enough in the past for him to deal with o...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate