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The Binding Vine was published in 1993. It is Shashi Deshpande's sixth novel
if we take into consideration the two short novels-lfZ Die Today and Come
up and Be Dead-that are generally categorized as crime / detective fiction.
The Binding Vine has a broad base in that it merges three stories into one to
achieve an integrated pattern; but the setting is restricted to the limited space
of women's experience. The author seems to ask a significant question, The Novel: The
Binding Vine
"Should women break their silence?'If yes, then "how?"'Who will take the
lead?' Some courageous person must come forward to articulate. This
responsibility is given to the writer. The writer transcends the personal to
achieve the general. In the process of writing, the individual brings forth a
''new creation" separate from the creator. The creator and the created are two
distinct entities. That is what the epigraph to the novel says, "What was the
use of my creation, if I were entirely contained here?' This line from Emily
Bmntet's Wuthering Heights signifies that creativity is beyond time and place.
The writing process involves exclusion of certain experiences and elevation of
others according to the author's subjectivity. The writer's word has the power
to suppress some experiences, communicate others and reveal the hidden
selves.
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