Paraja
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Paraja
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Written originally in Oriya in 1945 and translated here for the first time, Paraja is a classic of modern Indian fiction. It tells on an epic scale the story of a tribal patriarch and his family in the mountainous jungles of Orissa. The slow decline in the fortunes of this family - from the quiet prosperity of a subsistence livelihood towards bondage to the local moneylender - is both poignantly individualized as well as symbolic of the erosion of a whole way of life within peasant communities.
The novel, furthermore, transcends what it documents because its characters are not merely primitive tribesmen ensnared by a predatory moneylender. Mohanty's protagonists are also quintessentially men and women waging heroic but futile war against a hostile universe. As the citation of the Jnanpith Award of 1974 put it - 'in Mohanty's hands the social is lifted to the level of the metaphysical.'
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Product Details
- Oxford University Press, Brand
- Sep 2, 1993 Pub Date:
- 0195623916 ISBN-10:
- 9780195623918 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 384 Pages
- 8.5 in * 5.33 in * 0.86 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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