The Uprooted is the English version of the well-known novel in Kannada entitled Vamshavriksha by the celebrated novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa. This novel created a stir in the Kannada literary world, making its author a celebrity overnight. That is the magic, the hypnotic spell of this highly absorbing social novel depicting poignantly the human story of a young widow torn between her love and her child. The novel is the creative and artistic presentation of the ...