Karnan (malayalam)
| File:Karnan-novel.jpg The cover of Karnan. | |
| Author | Shivaji Sawant |
|---|---|
| Translator | P K Chandran, Jayasree |
| Illustrator | |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Published | 2008 |
| Publisher | DC Books |
| Pages | 540 |
| Award | Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (2001) |
| ISBN | 9788171304868 Search this book on  . |
Karnan[1][2] is a Malayalam translation of the Marathi novel[3] Mrityunjaya[4] which won the sahitya Akademi Award in 2001. The novel Mrityunjaya, penned by Shivaji Sawant, one of the most well-known writers in Marathi, was translated into Malayalam by DR P.K Chandran and Dr. Jayasree.[5] The book[6] was published by DC Books in Malayalam.[7]
The Plot
Karnan is the autobiography of Karna[8], and yet it is not just that. With deceptive ease, Sawant brings into play an exceptional stylistic innovation by combining six "dramatic soliloquies" to form the nine books of this novel of epic dimensions. Four books are spoken by Karna. These are interspersed with a book each from the perspectives of his unwed mother Kunti, Duryodhana (who considers Karna his mainstay), Shon (Shatruntapa, his foster-brother, who hero-worships him), his wife Vrishali (to whom he is like a god), and, last of all, Krishna. Sawant depicts an uncanny similarity between Krishna and Karna and hints at a mystic link between them, investing his protagonist with a more-than-human aura to offset the unheroic and even unmanly acts which mar this tremendously complex and utterly fascinating creation of Vyasa.[9]
Karnan takes a look at the events in the Mahabharata from the perspective of Karna, a major character in the epic.[10]
References
- ↑ 1940-, Sāvanta, Śivājī,. Karṇan. Candrana, Pī. Ke., 1952-, Jayaśrī, Ṭi, Ār.,. Kottayam, Kerala State, India. ISBN 9788171304868. OCLC 960912524. Search this book on
- ↑ "Review about the novel "Karnan" in Good Books".
- ↑ "Karnan - Google Search". g.co. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
- ↑ "Malayalam version of the novel Mrityunjay".
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademy awards". sahitya-akademi.gov.in.
- ↑ Sāvanta, Śivājī; Candrana, Pī. Ke; Jayaśrī, Ṭi, Ār (2016). കര്ണന്. ISBN 9788171304868. Search this book on
- ↑ "Karnan in DC Books online store".
- ↑ "autobiography of Karna".
- ↑ "Heroes of the Mahabharata: The 5 faces of Karnan".
- ↑ "Inspiring Characteristics Of Karna In Mahabharata".
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