Oriya Stories

Author: Vidya Das
Publisher: Srishti
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 210
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187075619

Description

This volume features the work of four major writers of the short story writers in Oriya- Fakirmohan Senapati, Gopinath Mohanty, Kishori Charan Das and Manoj Das.

The selected stories, some well known, some less so, indicate the vitality and strength of this vastly popular literary form in its hundred years of development in Orissa. They also introduce the reader o the variety within writing of individual authors and to their particular styles and concerns.

THE EDITOR:

Vidya Das teaches English at Gargi College, University of Delhi.

Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

FAKIRMOHAN SENAPATI
Rebati
Ananta, the Widow's Son
Patent Medicine

GOPINATH MOHANTI
Ants
The Garden
Tapda

KISHORI CHARANDAS
Sarama's Romance
Godless
The Hundred Sons

MANOJ DAS
The Bull of Babulpur
Farewell to a Ghost
The Submerged Valley

Glossary
Notes on authors