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Kishori Charan Das, winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976, is an eminent Oriya author whose works have been widely translated. In this collection of nine short stories, Das observes the many facets of the Indian middle class, the choices they make, the disenchantments and anxieties that characterize their lives, their petty foibles and great expectations. A father, who has found comfort in the stillness of a flower in his garden, silently battles his ...
This volume features the work of four major writers of the short story in Oriya--Fakirmohan Senapati, Gopinath Mohanty, Kishori Charan Das and Manoj Das. The selected stories, some well known, some less so, indicate the vitality and strength of this vastly popular literary form in its hundred years of development in Orissa. They also introduce the reader to the variety within the writing of individual authors and to their particular styles and concerns.