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Kanthapura
Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author)
Villages
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Fiction
Raja Rao's first and best-known novel, Kanthapura (1938), is the story of a south Indian village named Kanthapura. The novel is narrated in the form of a purana by an old woman of the village, Achakka. Dominant castes like Brahmins are privileged to get the best region of the village, while lower ca…
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