This article explores the idea of movement, namely oscillation, in Tashan Mehta?s The Liar?s Weave (2017) I trace this idea through an oscillation of locations (as ?real? and ?unreal?), of language (as familiar terms and as invented terms), and of free will (against a fixed destiny) Specifically, I explore how Zahan Merchant, the novel?s protagonist, is intricately engaged with all three manifestations of oscillation With his unique ability to verbally lie new realities into existence, Zahan is able to move between the real and unreal, the known and the unknown, as well as act as an agent of free will within a system that precludes such agency There is an overarching interest in the novel?s employment of the speculative genre ? primarily articulated through Zahan?s ability to lie new realities into being and through the wild forest of Vidroha ? although the focus of this article is not on arguing a specific case for the novel as speculative fiction Instead, through a close reading of the text and with a focus on the idea of oscillation, I argue that the novel negotiates familiar as well as unfamiliar literary ground in relation to Indian writing in English and in turn, relates to the Indian post-millennial contemporary

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“中间人”和“哈达伊瓦”：塔山·梅塔 (Tashan Mehta) 的《说谎者的编织》(The Liar's Weave) 中摇摆不定的奇妙现实

以及在排除此类代理的系统中充当自由意志的代理人 小说对投机类型的使用具有首要利益？主要是通过扎汉将新现实变成现实的能力以及通过 Vidroha 的野生森林表达出来的？尽管本文的重点不是将小说的具体案例论证为思辨小说，相反，通过对文本的仔细阅读并关注振荡的思想，我认为小说既熟悉又陌生的文学与印度英语写作相关的基础，反过来又与印度后千禧一代当代有关