“An analysis of Sita’s Existentialist Sensibility and Alienation in “Where Shall We Go This Summer?” by “Anita Desai” Where Shall We Go This Summer

Abstract

This paper focuses on deals with Where Shall We Go This Summer? It the fourth novel written by most prominent Indian novelist Anita Desai. This novel was which deals with women oppression, existence and also environmental factors. Anita Desai is a diasporic writer from India. She has been three times shortlisted for Booker prize. In this novel, she explores the deep understanding of human emotions. Especially the female characters of Anita Desai‘s novels were more sensitive and struggle to overcome anxiety. In this novel, she used themes such as alienation, incertitude, existentialism, instinct and feeling. The primary focus of this paper is to bring out the existence of man in this world through Sita’s character.