S L Bhyrappa Translated Ranganath Prasad (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN: 9789389136586, 420pp.

Soft cover. Condition: New. The English translation of the epic Kannada novel anchu by the renowned author S.L. Bhyrappa, brink is a love saga between somashekhar, a br> Widower, and Amrita, an estranged woman. The novel deliberates on the moral, philosophical, and physical aspects of love between a man and a woman. At the core of the story is compassion, and somashekhar is the very personification of compassion. He brings love and warmth into Dr Amrita's melancholic life. But time and again, she loses her temper and undergoes Swift mood changes. In such times, she inflicts pain and torture on somashekhar in spite of his sincere love for her. Will somashekhar be able to help her overcome depression by his perseverance and sacrifice? An enthralling read, the novel has stood the test of time like Bhyrappa's other novels. Packed with internal drama, tension, and flashbacks, the book promises to impart an aesthetic experience to the reader.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Set in early 20th-century rural Karnataka, Scion is a work of great sociocultural importance, chronicling the intersecting lives of a handful of highly intelligent, sensitive and emotive charactersall torn apart, brought together and then torn apart again under extraordinary circumstances. A complex and stunningly woven tale of diverse human characters, their innermost desires, struggles, grief, and joys, the novel explores the concept of polygamy, re-marriage (in a time when it was a social taboo), death, grief, devotion, celibacy, reverse narratives of motherhood, Oedipus complex, self-sacrifice or lack thereof, betrayal, forgiveness and transcendence and resurrection. The novel, while creating knotty human characters, explores larger philosophical and existential questions about being human, right and wrong, and community versus individual freedoms and choices. Scion is a major literary feat and Bhyrappa is a master raconteur, displaying all his talents at their best.