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South Asian Diaspora María Jesús Llarena-Ascanio Penelope’s Embroidery: Literary Tradition, Cultural Identities and Theoretical Discourses in the Anglo-Canadian Fiction of the Late 20th Century Bibliography-South Asian Diaspora María Jesús Llarena-Ascanio Primary Sources Bissoondath, Neil. Digging Up the Mountains. Toronto: Macmillan, 1985; A Casual Brutality. Toronto: Penguin, 1988. Mistry, Rohinton. Tales from Firozsa Baag. McClelland & Stewart, 1987; Family Matters. New York: Vintage, 2002. Ondaatje, Michael. Running in the Family. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982; Anil’s Ghost. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2000. Selvadurai, Shyam. Funny Boy: A Novel in Six Stories. London: Vintage, 1995; Cinnamon Gardens. New York. Harvest, 1999. Vassanji, M.G. Amriika. McClelland & Stewart, 1999; The In-Between World of Vikram Lall. Toronto: Random, 2003. Secondary Sources Agnew, Vijay. “Finding India in the Diaspora.” International Journal of Canadian Studies. 31 (2005): 13-36. 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