This Sahitya Akademi Award winning novel, translated from Kannada original, presents a variety of man-woman relationships but it not a novel about sex or love. Its central focus is on the growth in the consciousness of a young dalit called Lakka and his struggle to regain his lost innocence in a corrupt environment. Two factors contribute to the growth of awareness in Lakka - - his direct experiences and his involved observations of people and events around him. ...
