Consuming desire: Identity and narration in Romesh Gunesekera’s Reef

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  • Sharanya Jayawickrama Faculty of English, University of Cambridge

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Narratology, Identity, Romesh Gunesekera, Postmodernism

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Consuming desire: Identity and narration in Romesh Gunesekera’s Reef. (2003). Postgraduate English: A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English, 8. https://postgradenglishjournal.awh.durham.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/pgenglish/article/view/27