Paraja

by Gopinath Mohanty

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195623916
• ISBN13: 9780195623918
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.5"