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RAIZADA, HARISH. "Double Vision of Fantasy and Reality in Arun Joshi's Novels": 69-
103. (5) PATHAK, R. S. "Human Predicament and Meaninglessless in Arun Joshi's Novels":
104-142. Amplified version of "Arun Joshi's Novels: An Indeterminate Search for Meaning in
Life," in Arun Joshi: A Study of His Fiction, edited by N. Radhakrishnan
(Gandhigram,Tamilnadu: Gandhigram Rural Institute, 1984): 44-63 (6) MATHUR, O. P. and
G. RAI, "Arun Joshi and the Labyrinth of Life": 143-54. (7) GURUPRASAD, THAKUR.
"The Lost Lonely Questers of Arun Joshi's Fiction": 155-67. (8) JHA, MOHAN. "The
Foreigner: A Study in Innocence and Experience": 168-75. (9) RADHA, K. "From
Detachment to Involvement: The Case of Sindi Oberoi": 176-85. Reprinted as "From
Detachment to Involvement: The Career of the Chief Protagonist of Arun Joshi's The
Foreigner." In Contemporary Indian Fiction in English, edited by K. Ayyappa Paniker
(Trivandrum: University of Kerala, 1987): 81-90. Traces the development in the character of
Sindi, who begins with no attachment to parents or country. His relationship with June marks a
breaking down of the barriers of detachment. It is the impassioned plea of Muthu, a poor man
in Bombay, which makes Sindi give up his indifference. Briefly compares Sindi with the
protagonists of The Outsider by Camus and Kamala Markandaya's The Nowhere Man. (10)
PREMPATI, D. "The Strange Case of Billy Biswas: A Serious Response to a Big Challenge":
186-93. (ll) MOHAN, DEVINDER. "The Image of Fire in The Strange Case of Billy
Biswas": 194-209. See MOHAN above. (12) ABRAHAM, JOY. "Vision and Technique in
The Appprentice": 210-22. Novelists like Joshi and Anita Desai are trying new paths,
testifying to the vitality of Indian English fiction. Abraham analyses the narrative pattern of The
Aprentice in tabular form. (13) REDDY, V. GOPAL. "The Apprentice: An Existential Study":
223-30. Thematic approach. Ratan's alienation is two-fold; he is alienated from society, and
later from his true self when he conforms to the false values of the marketplace. Opines that
The Apprentice is influenced by Camus's The Fall. (14) PRASAD, HARI MOHAN. "The
Crisis of Consciousness: The Last Labyrinth": 231-39. (15) SHARMA, SHAM SUNDER.
"The Two Worlds in The Last Labyrinth": 240-48.
A.N. DWIVEDI, "The Novels of Arun Joshi: A Critical Study": 309-318. in DWIVEDI,
A.N. (ed) Studies in Contemporary Indian Fiction in English, Allahabad: Kitab Mahal, 1987,
pp.358
DUTTA, PADMA. "Problems of Individuation: A Critique of Arun Joshi's Use of Symbols
and Archetypes in The Last Labyrinth" Journal of Indian Writing in English, 18.1, (1990): 31-
40.
HEGDE, M.G. "Arun Joshi's Lala Shri Ram: A Study" Journal of Indian Writing in English
17.2 (1989): 18-22.
IYENGAR, K.R.SRINIVASA. "The Fiction of Arun Joshi" The Humanities Review 3.2:
(1981):39-40.
JAIN, J. "Foreigners and Strangers: Arun Joshi's Heroes" Journal of Indian Writing in English
5.1 (1977):52-7.
JAIN, JASBIR. "Foreigners and Strangers: Arun Joshi's Heroes." JIWE 5, no.1 (1977): 53-
57.
Joshi's heroes are lonely men in search of a meaning in life. None of them is religious,
but they are humble in learning the lessons life teaches them. Ratan Rathor, of The Apprentice,