Introduction 1
Chapter One A Floating World:Writing Eastern 20
1.1 Pale Views of Immigrant Existence 22
1.2 A Confused Artist of Eastern World 40
Chapter Two Remains of the Day:Destined Identities 62
2.1 Englishness of Cultural Heritage 63
2.2 Deconstruction in Enigmatic Identities 86
Chapter Three Orphans of Identities:International Writing 105
3.1 Orphans of Heterogenic Cultures 107
3.2 Parody of the Identity-Troubled Images 134
Chapter Four Never Let Me Go:Lost Souls 148
4.1 Predicament of Subhuman Survival 149
4.2 Articulation of Cultural Identities 168
Conclusion 188
References 204