Oru Desathinte Katha
Oru Desathinte Katha (English: The Story of a Locale) is a Malayalam novel written by S. K. Pottekkatt in 1971. It sketches the men and women of Athiranippadam, drawing the history of the country while detailing the micro-history of a place.[1] It won the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1972, and the Jnanpith Award in 1980.[2] The story take place in a span of about 55 years. It has a huge canvas of Athiranippadam to North India to Africa and Switzerland. It is a nostalgic novel and an autobiographical stance haunt the reader enormously.
| Author | S. K. Pottekkatt |
|---|---|
| Original title | ഒരു ദേശത്തിന്റെ കഥ |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Publisher | D. C. Books |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Pages | 566 |
| ISBN | 978-81-7130-570-4 |
References
- G. S. Jayasree (3 August 2008). "Decolonising the land". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- "Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam)". Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
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