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Representations of Displacement
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The God of Small Things
Explores the displacement related to caste systems and colonial history in India, by Arundhati Roy
Wide Sargasso Sea
Focuses on the racial and cultural displacement of a Creole heiress, an imagined prequel to Jane Eyre, by Jean Rhys
Midnight's Children
Chronicles the displacement caused by the partition of India and its aftermath, by Salman Rushdie
Things Fall Apart
Depicts the cultural and personal displacement as a result of colonialism in Nigeria, by Chinua Achebe
Season of Migration to the North
Explores the experience of Sudanese villagers in the context of postcolonialism and the impact of European culture, by Tayeb Salih
Disgrace
Depicts post-apartheid displacement and a personal crisis in South Africa, by J.M. Coetzee
The Inheritance of Loss
Illustrates the life of immigrants and their sense of displacement in the U.S. and UK, alongside post-colonial life in India, by Kiran Desai
Americanah
Explores displacement in the context of race, culture, and identity between Nigeria and the USA, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Small Island
Looks at the displacement of Jamaican immigrants in post-World War II London, by Andrea Levy
Exit West
Portrays the global refugee crisis through a narrative of two young lovers from an unnamed country, by Mohsin Hamid
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