Lingering shadows of identity displacement in the postcolonial novel in Kiran Desai's the inheritance of loss

Abstract EN

The fact of being from somewhere and living somewhere different causes a traumatic experience, defined by intense feelings of discrimination and identity displacement.

the latter attracts the attention worldwide and turns to be a burning issue across numerous spheres especially the literary one mainly the postcolonial literature.

to cite an example, Desai's masterpiece, “the inheritance of loss”.

through this magnificent piece of writing, Desai X-rays how people move out of India and end up in countries like England and united states where they run into all sorts of humiliation and alienation that end up by their identity displacement such as the two main characters : the judge Jemubhai and his cook's son Biju.

therefore, the fulcrum point of this paper is to provide a contextual analysis of the lingering shadows of identity displacement through the examination of the horrifying journey of dislocation, non-belonging and discrimination experienced by both characters.