TY - BOOK AU - Archana TI - Strawberry Experience: Reality and representation in the major novels of Mulk Raj Anand SN - 978-81-8435-359-4 U1 - 823.9109 23. PY - 2013/// CY - New Delhi. PB - Adhyayan Publishers & Distributors N1 - 1. The making of Anand as a Novelist 2. Social Realism: parameters and perspectives 3. Representation and the process of symbolization 4. Paradigms of hostility and restlessness 5. Roots and pale leaves : A feministic approach 6.Colonial and post-colonial reflection in Anand's novels 7. Conclusions N2 - The book deals with the comprehensive concept of social realism which has stuck deep roots in the Indian society by presenting the contemporary problems and exploring Indian societies in all its variegated aspects. The first chapter discusses Anand's social milieu, education, heredity, books, persons and all major influences that have stationed his literature and established into the making of Anand, the novelist. The second chapter dwells largely on the intention of social realism, manners, customs, ideas, and beliefs. ER -