DARK HUMOUR AND LOST IDENTITIES IN THE NOVELS OF ANEES SALIM
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Dark Humour, Lost Identity, Black Comedy, Anees SalimAbstract
This paper aims to study and illustrate how dark humor and lost identity play a major role in the novels of Anees Salim, a Kochi-based writer in English. Anees Salim won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2018 in the English language category for his novel The Blind Lady’s Descendants. His major works include The Small-Town Sea, Vanity Bagh, Tales from a Vending Machine, and The Blind Lady’s Descendants. Anees Salim uses dark humor and lost identity to skillfully speak out his themes in an entertaining way and to incite serious thoughts in the readers. Secluding himself from the mainstream, the writer let his works speak to the audience on a variety of issues, including marginalization and identity crisis.
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