This book is English translation of selected Oriya short stories of Sahitya Akademi and Sarawati Samman award recipient J P Das. Stories in this collection map the relation between writing and social power as they operate in a provincial milieu. Wry, clipped, and clinical, these stories show J P Das at his ironic, debunking and self-reflective best. With an unusual take on social relations and values, the stories are shot through with a fine sense of self-consciousness that is seemingly at odds with the self-reflective and objective manner in which they are written.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.P. Das
Dr Jagannath Prasad Das is a well-known poet, playwright and fiction writer whose Puri Paintings continues to be a masterly volume on Orissan art. He has also co-authored with Professor Joanna Williams of University of California, Berkeley Palm-leaf Miniatures: The Art of Raghunath Prusti of Orissa. His other publications in English include First Person, Timescapes and Lovelines”collections of poems; Before Sunset, The Underdog and Sundardas”plays; The Magic Deer, The Forbidden Street and Dear Jester ” collections of stories. His plays have been translated into several Indian languages and staged in different parts of India. Before Sunset is considered a classic among modern Indian plays. Born in Orissa in 1936, Dr J P Das lives and works in Delhi.
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