Perhaps the most significant work in caste literature since Premchand's Godan (1936), Bharathipura reveals U.R. Ananthamurthy's lifelong preoccupation with moving beyond caste and class interests in a modern society.
Perhaps the most significant work in caste literature since Premchand's Godan (1936), Bharathipura reveals U.R. Ananthamurthy's lifelong preoccupation with moving beyond caste and class interests in a modern society.
U.R. Ananthamurthy, a teacher of English literature and one of India's leading contemporary writers, does all his creative writing in Kannada. A Jnanpith awardee and author of five novels, including the widely acclaimed Samskara (English translation, OUP 1976), he has six collections of short stories, five collections of poems, a play, and sixteen volumes of critical writings. He was Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University (Kerala) and President, Central Sahitya Akademi.
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Author's Note Translator's Note Introduction BHARATHIPURA In Conversation: U.R. Ananthamurthy and N. Manu Chakravarthy Glossary
