Open AccessDeath of an elephant
Author(s) -
Mina Taherifard
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
environment social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-8975
pISSN - 2424-7979
DOI - 10.18063/esp.2016.02.003
Subject(s) - invisibility , novella , realm , romance , public life , the internet , reality tv , art , history , literature , aesthetics , art history , sociology , media studies , political science , world wide web , computer science , law , archaeology , artificial intelligence , politics
Old and new books of fiction are abundantly visible on checkout counters, public libraries, and bookstores in shopping malls and on the Internet. They usually deal with mystery, romance, and sellable thrills of life. That explains the conspicuous invisibility of Death of an Elephant. It’s a novella, self-published by a serious academic. Brij Mohan's debut in the reality-based realm of fiction mocks at the ‘absurdities’ of life in an otherwise progressive, happy, and affluent world.