Memory and Identity in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

AbstractThe present paper focuses on Memory and Identity in the novels of Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. Both the authors focus on memory and identity in their works. Memorizations, Identity, nostalgia, mourning, belongingness and liminality are the major concerns in their works. Whereas Ishiguro settled in Britan, Amitav Ghosh is in America. Both recall their memory and identity with their works. In these selected novels they demonstrate the significance of memory and identity through the characters