“book review and summary of kanthapura by raja rao”

The book is an enchanting story of how the independence movement becomes a tangible reality in a tiny and secluded village in South India. The novel has the flavour of an epic as it emerges through the eyes of a delightful old woman who comments with wisdom and humour, on the variety and complexity... More

This is a very insightful critical study of Raja Rao and does full justice to this great nonelist of our day. Hardbound,New Book... More

Raja Rao's Kanthapura is one of the best-known Indian novels in English and regarded a contemporary Indian classic. Published in 1938, it presents a phase of Indian history through the story of a south Indian village in the nineteen thirties with a unique force of evocative and interesting details. ... More

This volume consists of some of Raja Rao s short stories, extracts of his novels and non-fictions substantiated by an understanding of Rao s history, politics and philosophy.... More