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GATE 2022 XH2 (English) – Question 41

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

Chitra Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices is ________.

  1. an experiment in magic realism
  2. about immigrant experience
  3. a science fiction
  4. an epistolary novel

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Correct answer: (A) an experiment in magic realism; (B) about immigrant experience

Explanation

The novel follows Tilo, an immigrant shopkeeper in Oakland with magical powers over spices, and it is usually read as magic realism about the immigrant experience. It is neither science fiction nor epistolary.