TY  - GEN
AU  - Ananthamurthy, U. R. 
AU  - Hegde, Narayan  (Translator)
TI  - Avasthe : : A Novel 
SN  - 9789356991521 (PB)
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Gurugram
PB  - Harper Perennial
KW  - Translated from the Kannada
KW  - Kannada -- Fiction
N2  - 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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