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100			_aO V Vijayan _9197607
100			_9126376 _dവിജയൻ (ഓ വി )
245			_aKhasaakkinte Ilthihaasam: _bഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാസം
260			_aKottayam _bD C Books _c1996
300			_a182p. _bPB _c21x14cm.
365			_2Malayalam _b45.00 _c₹ _d45.00
520			_aThe 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			_aMalayalam Fiction: മലയാളം ഫിക്ഷൻ _9126230
650			_aMalayalam Novel _9126231
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