Human Sufferings And Their Existential Strife: A Study Of Amitav Ghosh’s Select Novels

Abstract

Human life and their strife for fruitful existence are the result of the curiosity and will which they carry for better existence.The freedom that human cultivates in thought and action is thesupport that helpsin transcending miserable life conditions. At times
unconditional freedom lands human life in existential crisis, and oneneeds to suffer forthe decisions of his own. As Amitav Ghosh’s writings always instigate for betterment in human survival, his skilled narration with many additional techniquesmakes conscious efforts to add knowledge to human consciousness. The present qualitative study is an attempt to enhance human understanding on fruitful existencedeciphering the narrative techniques employed by Ghosh in his fictional works.His narration in the novels The Glass Palace and The Ibis Trilogy attempts to enhance the human mind in the battle of existence.Ghosh’s novels with its realistic portrayal of the characters and their crucial life situations, presents a distinct opportunity of research in the trilogy. The analysis of this concept also helps to reaffirm thelimitations of freedom. It presents the value of authenticity in decision making,and acceptance to the situation,as the smarter ways to continue the human life without distress and suicide.