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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 ...
Set predominantly in rural Karnataka,, Crossing Over is a gripping and passionate novel which centers on Satyabhama, the quiet and independent daughter of a Brahmin priest. When she announces her intention of marrying a man of lower caste Srinivasa, it precipitates a course of events which stresses the nature and extent of social and intercaste conflict in India. The novel also highlights the hypocrisy of the system and the often violent struggle for equality ...
The development of the Kannada novel began in the latter half of the nineteenth century, with modern trends and themes appearing in the early twentieth century. The freedom struggle, and the ideologies associated with it, attracted the attention of leading novelists. Interestingly, this period also saw the revival of historical and mythological novels in Kannada. S.L. Bhyrappa, Karnataka's leading literary figure, is well known for his profound study of ...