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Oru Desathinte Katha

Oru Desathinte Katha
Author S. K. Pottekkatt
Original title ഒരു ദേശത്തിന്റെ കഥ
Country India
Language Malayalam
Publisher D. C. Books
Publication date
1971
Pages 566
ISBN

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. It won the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1972, and the Jnanpith Award in 1980.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.


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