KHASAKKINTE ITHIHASAM
Vijayan. O. V.
KHASAKKINTE ITHIHASAM ഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാസം /ഒ.വി.വിജയന് - 65th Impression - Kottayam DC Books 2015/12/01 - 167
KHASAKKINTE ITIHASAM
മലയാള നോവല്സാഹിത്യത്തിലെ ഇതിഹാസം. ഒ.വി.വിജയന് ഭാഷയ്ക്കു സമ്മാനിച്ച മാസ്റ്റര്പീസ് രചന.
Khasakkinte Itihasam does not have a single narrative plot. It is crafted in the form of the spiritual journey of an under-graduate dropout, Ravi, plagued by the guilt of an illicit affair he had with his stepmother. Ravi abandons a bright academic career and a research offer from Princeton University. He deserts his lover Padma and leaves on a long pilgrimage, which finally brings him to the small hamlet of Khasak near Palakkad. At Khasak, he starts a single-teacher school as part of the District Board’s education initiative. The novel begins with Ravi’s arrival at Khasak and his encounters with its people, Allappicha Mollakka, Appukkili, Shivaraman Nair, Madhavan Nair, Kuppuvachan, Maimoona, Khaliyar, Aliyar, and the students of his school like Kunhamina, Karuvu, Unipparadi, Kochusuhara and others. After some years, his lover Padma calls on him and Ravi decides to leave Khasak. He commits suicide through snakebite while waiting for a bus at Koomankavu.
The novel has no story-line per se. It recounts the numerous encounters of Khasak from a spiritual and philosophical bent of mind. Through these encounters, Vijayan narrates numerous stories, myths and superstitions cherished in Khasak. He places them in opposition to the scientific and rational world outside, which is now making inroads into the hamlet through Ravi's single-teacher school. The irony of the interface between these two worlds occupies a substantial space in the novel. Through the myths and stories, Vijayan also explores similar encounters of the past recounted by the people of Khasak, enabling him to have a distinctly unique view of cultural encounters across time and spac
9788171301263
Gift Kochi Corporation - Kerala State Book Mark, Govt. of Kerala, Cultural Affairs Department, Central Archives Building, Punnapuram,Thiruvananthapuram - 695 023, Mobile No. 9447210869, 0471-2473921,2467536 Mail: keralabookmarks@gmail.com
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KHASAKKINTE ITHIHASAM ഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാസം /ഒ.വി.വിജയന് - 65th Impression - Kottayam DC Books 2015/12/01 - 167
KHASAKKINTE ITIHASAM
മലയാള നോവല്സാഹിത്യത്തിലെ ഇതിഹാസം. ഒ.വി.വിജയന് ഭാഷയ്ക്കു സമ്മാനിച്ച മാസ്റ്റര്പീസ് രചന.
Khasakkinte Itihasam does not have a single narrative plot. It is crafted in the form of the spiritual journey of an under-graduate dropout, Ravi, plagued by the guilt of an illicit affair he had with his stepmother. Ravi abandons a bright academic career and a research offer from Princeton University. He deserts his lover Padma and leaves on a long pilgrimage, which finally brings him to the small hamlet of Khasak near Palakkad. At Khasak, he starts a single-teacher school as part of the District Board’s education initiative. The novel begins with Ravi’s arrival at Khasak and his encounters with its people, Allappicha Mollakka, Appukkili, Shivaraman Nair, Madhavan Nair, Kuppuvachan, Maimoona, Khaliyar, Aliyar, and the students of his school like Kunhamina, Karuvu, Unipparadi, Kochusuhara and others. After some years, his lover Padma calls on him and Ravi decides to leave Khasak. He commits suicide through snakebite while waiting for a bus at Koomankavu.
The novel has no story-line per se. It recounts the numerous encounters of Khasak from a spiritual and philosophical bent of mind. Through these encounters, Vijayan narrates numerous stories, myths and superstitions cherished in Khasak. He places them in opposition to the scientific and rational world outside, which is now making inroads into the hamlet through Ravi's single-teacher school. The irony of the interface between these two worlds occupies a substantial space in the novel. Through the myths and stories, Vijayan also explores similar encounters of the past recounted by the people of Khasak, enabling him to have a distinctly unique view of cultural encounters across time and spac
9788171301263
Gift Kochi Corporation - Kerala State Book Mark, Govt. of Kerala, Cultural Affairs Department, Central Archives Building, Punnapuram,Thiruvananthapuram - 695 023, Mobile No. 9447210869, 0471-2473921,2467536 Mail: keralabookmarks@gmail.com
Nil
Novalukal
നോവൽ
A