Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni As A Creator Of Magical Realism In The Mistress Of Spices

A. Shanthi, Dr. N. Gejeswari

Abstract


India is a country with pool of myths which are not merely stories but teach the people the daily chores of life, the way of living and the cultural and traditional values. Expatriates voluntarily live in an alien country, usually for personal and social reasons, as they are not forced to live in other countries. The Mistress of Spices deals with the problems of expatriates, torn between the values of their own society and by those of the west Tilo the protagonist in this novel owns a spice shop in Oakland and through her supernatural powers heals people of their problems. The title of the novel The Mistress of Spices is related to the spices and each chapter has been named after each spice. Each spice has the power of healing and its own mythological story in it they are used to solve the problems of immigrants.


Keywords


Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Power, Spices, myths, magical realism.

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