Marali Mannige
1941 novel by K. Shivaram Karanth
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Author | K. Shivaram Karanth |
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Language | Kannada |
Genre | Fiction |
Published | 1941 |
Publication place | India |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Marali Mannige (meaning: Back to soil) is a Kannada novel by novelist K. Shivaram Karanth.[1]
The novel has the story of three generations spanning from 1850 to 1940. This books is written in Dakshina Kannada dialect, capturing the changing face of a traditional, agrarian, caste-ridden society in the wake of its brush with ‘modernity’ and participation in the Indian freedom movement.
This novel got translated into other 10 Indian language.[2] This books got translated to English by Padma Ramachandra Sharma, has been conferred the State Sahitya Akademi award.[3]
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External links
- A reading, between two modes The Hindu