The book is thus an important addition to the numerous writings that
have appeared in recent years on an event that not only created two
nation states but also affected the psyche of the people who had been
thus divided. Part of the collective memory of the sub-continent, the
Partition generates diverse responses from the generation that witnessed
it and the children who inherited their legacy. A Divided Legacy
examines both the detailed narratives that have been written on the
Partition as well as novels that, either written in the late forties or
situated around 1947, choose to be disturbingly silent.