Khasaakkinte Ilthihaasam: (Record no. 227790)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 8171301266
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency AL
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title mal
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 894.8123
Item number VIJK
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name O V Vijayan
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9 (RLIN) 197607
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 126376
Dates associated with a name വിജയൻ (ഓ വി )
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Khasaakkinte Ilthihaasam:
Remainder of title ഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാസം
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Kottayam
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. D C Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1996
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 182p.
Other physical details PB
Dimensions 21x14cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Source of price type code Malayalam
Price amount 45.00
Currency code ₹
Unit of pricing 45.00
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The novel has no story-line per se. It recounts the numerous encounters of Khasak from a spiritual and philosophical bent of mind. Through these encounters Vijayan narrates numerous stories myths and superstitions cherished in Khasak. He places them in opposition to the scientific and rational world outside which is now making inroads into the hamlet through Ravi's single-teacher school. The irony of the interface between these two worlds occupies a substantial space in the novel. Through the myths and stories Vijayan also explores similar encounters of the past recounted by the people of Khasak enabling him to have a distinctly unique view of cultural encounters across time and space.|Khasakkinte Itihasam does not have a single narrative plot. It is crafted in the form of the spiritual journey of an under-graduate dropout Ravi plagued by the guilt of an illicit affair he had with his stepmother. Ravi abandons a bright academic career and a research offer from Princeton University. He deserts his lover Padma and leaves on a long pilgrimage which finally brings him to the small hamlet of Khasak near Palakkad. At Khasak he starts a single-teacher school as part of the District Board’s education initiative. The novel begins with Ravi’s arrival at Khasak and his encounters with its people Allappicha Mollakka Appukkili Shivaraman Nair Madhavan Nair Kuppuvachan Maimoona Khaliyar Aliyar and the students of his school like Kunhamina Karuvu Unipparadi Kochusuhara and others. After some years his lover Padma calls on him and Ravi decides to leave Khasak. He commits suicide through snakebite while waiting for a bus at Koomankavu.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Malayalam Fiction: മലയാളം ഫിക്ഷൻ
9 (RLIN) 126230
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Malayalam Novel
9 (RLIN) 126231
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Donated Books
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Others St Aloysius Library St Aloysius Library 06/14/2023 7 1 894.8123 VIJK D05821 02/14/2025 02/04/2025 45.00 07/10/2023 Donated Books Donated by Sara Abubakkar