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Karimayi
Chandrasekhar Kambar
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Description for Karimayi
Hardback. Translator(s): Manavalli, Krishna. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Chandrasekhar Kambar is one of the most accomplished Indian writers working today. In each of Kambar's novels, the archetypical Mother, Karimayi, is at the center. The narrative of Karimayi moves through an astounding time span, beginning with the mythopoetic times of Goddess Karimayi's birth and moving through the historical and cultural shifts in the life of a small rural community called Shivapura during the British colonial era.Karimayi breaks the familiar narrative of an idyllic and traditional village community being destroyed by the incursion of modernity. Instead, the multilayered narrative of Karimayi weaves everything into itself the story of the village's ... Read more
Chandrasekhar Kambar is one of the most accomplished Indian writers working today. In each of Kambar's novels, the archetypical Mother, Karimayi, is at the center. The narrative of Karimayi moves through an astounding time span, beginning with the mythopoetic times of Goddess Karimayi's birth and moving through the historical and cultural shifts in the life of a small rural community called Shivapura during the British colonial era.Karimayi breaks the familiar narrative of an idyllic and traditional village community being destroyed by the incursion of modernity. Instead, the multilayered narrative of Karimayi weaves everything into itself the story of the village's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857423900
SKU
V9780857423900
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About Chandrasekhar Kambar
Chandrasekhar Kambar is an award-winning writer living in India. Krishna Manavalli is a translator, writer, and professor of English at Karnatak University, India.
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