Avasthe : A Novel
Language: eng Publication details: Gurugram Harper Perennial 2024Description: 209pISBN: 9789356991521 (PB)Subject(s): Translated from the Kannada | Kannada -- Fiction | GeneralSummary: First published in Kannada in 1978, Avasthe is U.R. Ananthamurthy’s tour de force. In a nation struggling with corruption and the corrosion of human values, the prime minister is all set to become a ruthless dictator. From his sickbed, Krishnappa Gowda, revolutionary leader of the peasants, grapples with his conscience, the schemes of partymen and flattery from hangers-on. Memories come and go as his mind, tethered to a failing body, reaches for the true meaning of life. In Ananthamurthy’s hands, life’s cruel negations – caste, poverty, pettiness – are delicately balanced with its triumphs – the splendour of nature, the majesty of poetry, the delight of friendship, the deliverance of love. The quintessential Indian novel, Avasthe is a masterpiece whose meanings will continue to resonate and reveal themselves long after it has been read.
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| 82-3 AMI Night train | 82-3 AMI Secret of the nagas | 82-3 ANA Golden age | 82-3 ANA Avasthe : A Novel | 82-3 AND Three hearts and three lions | 82-3 AND This is the jungle | 82-3 AND Patriot |
First published in Kannada in 1978, Avasthe is U.R. Ananthamurthy’s tour de force.
In a nation struggling with corruption and the corrosion of human values, the prime minister is all set to become a ruthless dictator. From his sickbed, Krishnappa Gowda, revolutionary leader of the peasants, grapples with his conscience, the schemes of partymen and flattery from hangers-on. Memories come and go as his mind, tethered to a failing body, reaches for the true meaning of life.
In Ananthamurthy’s hands, life’s cruel negations – caste, poverty, pettiness – are delicately balanced with its triumphs – the splendour of nature, the majesty of poetry, the delight of friendship, the deliverance of love.
The quintessential Indian novel, Avasthe is a masterpiece whose meanings will continue to resonate and reveal themselves long after it has been read.
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