U. R. Anantha Murthy

U. R. Anantamurthy

Novel about a decaying Brahmin colony in a South Indian village.

A Rite for a Dead Man

Samskara

Bharathipura

U R Ananthamurthy

Judith Kroll

A Compelling Tale Of Mystery, Passion And Spiritual Exploration Seventy-Year-Old Shastri; A Reciter Of Harikatha, Encounters An Ayyappa Pilgrim On A Train. Around The Pilgrim S Neck Is A Sri Chakra Amulet Which Looks Like One That Belonged To Saroja, Shastri S First Wife. But Shastri Thought He Had Killed Saroja Years Before, Believing She Was Pregnant By Another Man. If The Amulet Is Saroja S, Then She Might Have Survived, And The Pilgrim (Dinakar, A Television Star) Could Be Shastri S Son. A Similar Story Is Revealed When Dinakar Visits His Old Friend Narayan: Either Could Be The Father Of Prasad, A Young Man Destined For Spiritual Attainment. The Interwoven Lives Of Three Generations Play Out Variations On The Same Themes. Whose Son Am I? Whose Father Am I? Where Are My Roots? These Mysteries Of The Past And Present Are Explored, But There Are No Clear Answers. And While Significant In Daily Being , Such Questions Lose Urgency In The Flux Of Becoming ( Bhava Means Both Being And Becoming). So We Are Led To Consider That Samsara-The World Of Illusion And Embodiment-May Not Be Very Different From Sunya , The Emptiness From Which Everything Arises. At Times A Drama Of Cruelty And Lust, At Times A Lyrical Meditation On Love And Transformation, Bhava Is An Exceptional Novel By One Of India'S Most Celebrated Writers. Translated From The Kannada By Judith Kroll With The Author

Bhava

Candrakānta Kusanūra

Saṃskāra

A Collection Of Finely Crafted Stories That Challenge Our Political, Social And Cultural Beliefs. One Of The Leading Exponents Of The Modernist School In Kannada And Jnanpith Award Winner, U.R. Anantha Murthy Has Been A Writer For Nearly Five Decades. This Excellent Anthology Brings Together Stories From His Five Collections. Spanning Thirty-Five Years From 1955-89, They Represent His Journey From An Angry Young Radical To An Intensely Humanist Conservative . 'Clip Joint Explores The Conflict And Confluence Of Indian And Western Values Through An Encounter Between An Indian Student In England And His English Classmate. Ghatashradhha Is A Severe Indictment Of The Brahminical System Where A Priest Performs A Mock Funeral For His Child-Widow Daughter, Yamunakka, Who Has Become Pregnant. The Critique Of Unquestioning Belief In Tradition Is Pursued In Akkayya But Resolved With A Touch Of Humour Through The Protagonist S Singular Life Story. In The Crowning Story, Stallion Of The Sun , Which Is Typical Of Anantha Murthy S Later, Self-Reflexive Phase, The Dissonance Between Tradition And Modernity Settles In Favour Of Simple Faith. The Seven Masterful Stories In This Collection, Many Of Which Have Been Translated Into English For The First Time, Affirm Anantha Murthy As One Of India S Foremost Fiction Writers.

Stallion of the Sun and Other Stories

Novel and three short stories translated from Kannada.

upanyāsa aura tīna kahāniyām̐

Rubenstein Wayne

Samskara is both a religious novel - about a decaying Brahmin colony in a south Indian village - and a contemporary poetic reworking of ancient Hindu themes and myths. Its central event is a death, which brings in its wake a plague, moral chaos and a rebirth. Originally published in Kannada in 1965, this novel soon became enormously popular with general readers and critics. The present English translation has been widely acclaimed, and the novel has been translated into several foreign languages as well as filmed. This educational edition has been prepared for undergraduate students, with exercises comprising a variety of questions.

U. R. Anantha Murthy

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