South and Southeast Asian
writers working in English, both in Asia and throughout their diasporas, have
developed a rich and exciting literary output. The literature included here
displays the literary imagination and linguistic inventiveness of writers
negotiating multiple cultural identities and the realities of living in a
transnational world. Providing deep insights into the modern South Asian
experience and its traditional connections, South and Southeast Asian
Literature brings together 100,000 pages of fiction, short fiction, poems,
interviews, and manuscript materials from these writers.