The Essential U. R. Ananthamurthy - Couverture rigide

Manu Chakravarthy, N.

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ISBN 10 : 9393852901 ISBN 13 : 9789393852908

Editeur : Aleph Book Company, 2023

Synopsis

U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932–2014), writer, teacher,iterary critic, and public intellectual, was born in Shivamogga district in Karnataka. In 1965, his debut novel, Samskara, took theiterary world by storm with its unflinching portrayal of the rigid orthodoxy in Brahmin society. Since then, it has become aandmark novel of the modernist, or Navya, movement of the 1950s and 1960s in Kannadaiterature. In a career that spanned more than five decades, Ananthamurthy wrote five novels, several collections of short stories, poetry, and essays, a play, and an autobiography. He received the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honour, in 1994, and was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. The Essential U. R. Ananthamurthy is a five-part compendium of select fictional and non-fictional works, poetry, and autobiographical writings from one of India’s most illustrious and outspoken writers. The section ‘Novels’ portrays characters in conflict with tradition, idealism, and modernity in a rapidly changing independent India through excerpts from powerful novels such as Samskara, Bharathipura, Avasthe, and Bhava. ‘Poetry’ presents five evocative poems on the themes of power and politics. ‘Short Stories’ highlights the chief themes that preoccupied Ananthamurthy—the constraints of the traditional order, the cultural dominance of the West, the sinister workings of power, and the creativity of political dissent. ‘Essays and Speeches’ captures the range and depth of Ananthamurthy’s democratic imagination through his writings on cultural identity anditerature, community and creativity,inguistic and nationalist politics, and on figures such as Mahatma Gandhi and Ram Manoharohia. And, the final section, ‘Memoirs’, gathers Ananthamurthy’s memories of family, friendships, work, and travel from the different phases of hisife. The Essential U. R. Ananthamurthy offers a rich glimpse into the mind of one of modern India’s most profound writers and thinkers and demonstrates why Ananthamurthy’s works will endure for generations to come.

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À propos de l?auteur

N. Manu Chakravarthy is a visiting professor of film and culture theory at several universities and film institutes. He won Swarna Kamal, the best film critic award, at the 58th National Film Awards in 2010 and the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi award for his book Madhyama Marga in 2014.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aleph Book Company
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9393852901
• ISBN 13: 9789393852908
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
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