Author: K K Mohapatra
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 309
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172233124
Description
This anthology of thirty-one representative stories by famous authors celebrates the hundredth year of the Oriya Short Story.
The first Oriya short story to be published was Rebati by Fakir Mohan Senapati in 1898. It marked the emergence of a new literary form out of a long tradition of folklore and oral literature. The expansive oral style was soon displaced by a tight narrative which addressed a literate public.
The stories brought together in this volume will give the reader an insight into the evolution of Oriya short fiction. The editors with their brilliant translation have retained the original flavor and style of each story in full measure to achieve a collection that is a worthy tribute to the great masters of Oriya literature.
TRANSLATORS & EDITORS:
K K Mohapatra was born in 1953. His Oriya writings include a collection of stories and a novella.
Leelawati Mohapatra was born in 1953 and studied in Loreto College and Calcutta University. She has published her writings in several journals. Their joint endeavors are translations which include Kishore Charan Das, One Eye Uncle .
Sudhansu Mohanty was born in 1956. He has published upward of two hundred essays and book reviews in national dailies besides translation of several titles.
Contents
Foreword
ONE
The Bride-Price
Fakir Mohan Senapati
TWO
The Old Bangle Seller
Laxmikanta Mahapatra
THREE
Maguni's Bullock Cart
Godavarish Mohapatra
FOUR
Victory Celebration
Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
FIVE
Shikar
Bhagabati Charan Panigrahi
SIX
The Quest
Nityananda Mahapatra
SEVEN
THE Shelter
Gopinath Mohanty
EIGHT
Bouli
Rajkishore Ray
NINE
The Slanging Match
Faturanand
TEN
Dead Flower
Satchidananda Raut Roy
ELEVEN
Oh Calcutta!
TWELVE
Dispossessed
Kishori Charan Das
THIRTEEN
Father and Son
Bamacharan Mitra
FOURTEEN
Antu Praharaj, the Master Exorcist
Mohapatra Nilmoni Sahoo
FIFTEEN
Fig Flower
Akhil Mohan patnaik
SIXTEEN
The Emperor
Chandrasekhar Rath
SEVENTEEN
Parallel Lines
Santanu Kumar Acharya
EIGHTEEN
The Pilgrim
Krishna Prasad Mishra
NINETEEN
Into the Heart of Luvurva
Manoj Das
TWENTY
The Ghost
Rabi Patnaik
TWENTY ONE
Spider's Web
Jagannath Prasad Das
TWENTY TWO
Flowering Night
Binapani Mohanty
TWENTY THREE
Unseasonal Pineapple
Bijay prasad Mahapatra
TWENTY FOUR
The Stigma
Pratibha Ray
TWENTY FIVE
Ramachandra Behra
TWENTY SIX
Hunger
Nrusingha Tripathy
TWENTY SEVEN
Moonlight
Yashodhara Mishra
TWENTY EIGHT
A Sita in the Ashok Forest
Jagadish Mohanty
TWENTY NINE
The Couple
Sivapada Swain
THIRTY
The Thief
Kamalakanta Mohapatra
THIRTY ONE
The Rape
Sarojini Sahoo
Notes on the Authors