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The Journey: Stories by K. C. Das Volume 48

The Journey: Stories by K. C. Das Volume 48

Das, K. C.
Granoff, Phyllis
Das, K.

Paperback

Series: Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia, Book 48

General FictionGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0891480811
ISBN13: 9780891480815
Publisher: U of M Center for South Asian Studies
Published: Jan 1 2000
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.07 Depth: 8.97
Language: English
K. C. Das is deservedly one of the most celebrated writers in India today. He writes primarily in Oriya, the language of his native state of Orissa, where he was born in 1924. A civil servant by profession, Das pursued a second career as a writer of stories, poems, and essays.The stories in this collection take place in an urban setting. The characters are mainly middle class, making them more accessible to North American readers than other examples of contemporary Indian fiction. These are not simple stories. They are about divides, about gaps between realities and imagination. In complex shifts between direct dialogue, interior monologue, and interior or imagined dialogue, Das lovingly but mercilessly exposes his characters' thoughts, self-deceptions, and the games they play with each other. These are stories about human weaknesses, the fallibility of human relationships, and the strategies we adopt to cope with our failures. They are about coming to terms with unpleasant, sometimes shocking truths about ourselves and others.

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