Diasporic identity in Manjushree Thapa's seasons of Flight

Abstract

Abstract

This research attempts to explore the struggle of an immigrant to be established socially, economically and culturally in the USA in Manjushree Thapa's Seasons of Flight. The protagonist of the novel Prema undergoes noticeable struggle and hardship, seemingly, being adoptive in relation to culture, custom and technology ultimately finds her failure to reinvent herself in an alien land. Thus, the present study explores why and how all her struggles in the new land turn into meaningless.