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GATE 2021 XH2 – Question 34

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Global Perspectives on Literary Studies: Anglophone literatures (British, American, Canadian and other postcolonial literatures) · 1 mark · Multiple choice

An early Indian English novel introduces H.Hatterr, who describes himself as biologically “fifty-five of the species”. Who wrote it?

  1. G.V.Desani
  2. Allan Sealy
  3. Toru Dutt
  4. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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Correct answer: (A) G.V.Desani

Explanation

H.Hatterr is the protagonist of G.V.Desani’s All About H.Hatterr, so A. The character’s distinctive self-introduction and exuberant language identify that novel. The other writers belong to Indian English literary history but did not create Hatterr.

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