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080			_a82-3 _bANA
100			_aAnanthamurthy, U. R.
245			_aAvasthe _b: A Novel
260			_bHarper Perennial _c2024 _aGurugram
300			_a209p.
520			_aFirst 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.
650			_aTranslated from the Kannada
650			_aKannada -- Fiction
690			_aGeneral
700			_aHegde, Narayan (Translator)
942			_cBK
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