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Synopsis This book is an attempt to analyse Arun Joshi's ideas, his experience-based vision of life. He minutely observes the conflict between the traditional values and the modern materialistic approach to life. He notices the chaos and hollowness in the mind of the contemporary younger generation. With his deep knowledge of Indian philosophy, he suggests in his novels an entirely Indian solution to the spiritual crisis of the youth. This book comprehensively examines Arun Joshi's delineation of commitment to life and action as against passive detachment in The Foreigner, his treatment of the conflict between the civilized and the primitive norms of life along with spiritual quest through primitive passions in The Strange Case of Billy Biswas, his portrayal of humility and penance as essential conditions for atonement in The Apprentice, his demonstration of the clash between human values and possessiveness in The Last Labyrinth, and his focus on human predicament and salvation of mankind through divinity in The City and the River. Since no full-length study of Arun Joshi's novels has so far been made from this standpoint, it is hoped that the present book will be of great interest for the academic community.