Description: Kanthapura by Raja Rao Kanthapura is a novel about Moorthy bringing Gandhis nonviolent struggle for independence to a South Indian village bound by the caste system. He works to unite the villagers and eradicate caste divisions, facing resistance but striving to create the peaceful society Gandhi envisioned. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A major landmark in Indian fiction, this is a story of how the Gandhian struggle for independence came to one small village in South India.Kanthapura is a story that depicts how Gandhis struggle for independence in India came to a small South Indian village that follows the caste system. Moorthy has returned from the city and has plenty of ideas to bring about peace in his environment.Moorthy is young and is back from the city where he learnt of the goodness of non-violence. Gandhis struggle for independence has now come to a small village where the people experience the harsh reality of the caste system. Moorthy intends to bring in the independence movement to the village and wants to eradicate the caste system. He works towards uniting the people of the village and creating a nonviolent atmosphere. The determined and idealistic Moorthy fights against the conservative forces to create the kind of place that the Father of Our Nation dreamt of and fought for. The story is said from the point of view of an old woman who talks about the variety of people in the village and the complexities of life in the village. Author Biography Raja Rao (1909-2006), a path-breaker of Indian writing in English, was born in Hassan, Mysore. After he graduated from Madras University, he went on to the University of Montpellier in France on a scholarship. He moved to the United States in 1966, where he taught at the University of Texas at Austin until 1983, when he retired as emeritus professor. A powerful and profound writer, and a superb stylist, Rao successfully and imaginatively appropriated English for the Indian narrative. He was honoured with Indias second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2007, the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1988. R. Parthasarathy is a poet and translator. The author of the long poem Rough Passage, he edited the influential anthology Ten Twentieth-Century Indian Poets. His translation of the fifth-century Tamil epic, the Cilappatikaram, was awarded the 1995 Sahitya Akademi Award. He is a professor emeritus of English and Asian studies at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was Raja Raos editor from 1974 to 1998. Details ISBN0143422340 Author Raja Rao Year 2014 ISBN-10 0143422340 ISBN-13 9780143422341 Format Paperback Publication Date 2014-08-01 Place of Publication New Delhi Country of Publication India Media Book Pages 248 Publisher Penguin Random House India Imprint Penguin Modern Classics Series Modern Classics Language English DEWEY 823 UK Release Date 2014-08-01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142438011;
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Book Title: Kanthapura
Item Height: 198mm
Item Width: 129mm
Author: Raja Rao
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Publisher: Penguin Random House India
Publication Year: 2014
Number of Pages: 248 Pages