Of the twenty short stories Fakir Mohan Senapati wrote, only eight are represented I this selection, but they bring out the essence of his craft and exemplify his acute sense of the oral tradition of tale-telling. The vivid portrayals of rural life in Orissa a hundred years ago, depicted with warmth and insight, offer glowing proof why Fakir Mohan Senapati, the father of modern Oriya fiction, is among the pioneers of modern Indian literature. Universal themes of human hope and aspiration, brutality and nastiness, heroism and nobility are dealt with humour and understanding in Senapati’s short fiction.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K K Mohapatra
K.K. Mohapatra has translated extensively from Oriya.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Leelawati Mohapatra
Leelawati Mohapatra has translated extensively from Oriya.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paul St-Pierre
Paul St-Pierre teaches in the Department of linguistics and translation at Universite de Montreal, Canada. He is interested in the social and cultural contexts of translation, and has edited volumes relating to the history of translation (TTR 1997) and translation in India (Meta 1997). With Sherry Simon, he co-edited Changing the Terms. Translating in the Postcolonial Era, published both in Canada (University of Ottawa Press 2000) and in India (Orient Longman 2002). He has been involved in a number of collaborative translation projects from Oriya into English, including, most recently, Dear Jester and Other Stories (Rupa 2004; with Rabi K. Swain), and Ants, Ghosts and Whispering Trees (HarperCollins 2003; with K.K. and Leelawati Mohapatra).
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