Author: Fakir Mohan Senapati
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Bhamati Devi
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 2009
Language: Assamese
Pages: 129
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788126023998
Description
The vivid portrayals of rural life in Orissa at the turn of the century, depicted with warmth and insight, offer glowing proof why Fakir Mohan Senapati, the father of Oriya fiction, is one the most significant makers of modern Indian literature.
Of the twenty short stories which he wrote, only eight are represented in this selection, but they bring out the essence of his craft and exemplify his acute sense of the oral tradition of tale-telling. Universal themes of human aspiration and heroism are dealt with freshness, humor and understanding in Senapati's short fiction.