S. K. Desai Essays A Novelist’s Response To Literature | एस. के. देसाई एस्सेज अ नॉवेल्टीस रिस्पॉन्स टू लिटरेचरThe twentieth century has been an age Of continual crisis, an age Of disintegrating values, an age Of anxiety. The crisis may be said to have started with modern industrialism with its attendant urban civilization, which has meant A. gradual breakdown Of the old authoritative pattern Of private and social life and the rise Of A. ethic Of money and success, Of competition and self interest We are trapped in tension between two traditions, the alien and