Kiran Desai wrote in many tropes in her latest book, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. This post will discuss tropes on the uncanny, strange, supernatural, superstitious, ghosts, dying and related topics. as these belong in the same category.
Tropes with uncanny, supernatural topics/ themes:
- https://artmater.com/trope-of-dying-woman-returning-home/
- https://artmater.com/trope-of-smelling-a-dead-persons-possession/
- https://artmater.com/trope-of-eye-following-sonia/
- https://artmater.com/evil-eye-follows-you/
- https://artmater.com/he-dreamed-of-the-girls-who-disappeared/
- The main book review, with many more links, is here https://artmater.com/explaining-the-loneliness-of-sonia-and-sunny/