{"product_id":"oblivion-and-other-stories-9780143458265","title":"Oblivion and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOblivion and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eis an anthology of twenty short stories by Gopinath Mohanty, the doyen of Oriya (now Odia) literature. The stories, written across a half-century (1935-1988), sample his oeuvre of writings and the variety of his themes-from 'Dã ' (mid-1930s) to 'Oblivion' (1951) to 'The Upper Crust' (1967) to 'Lustre' (1971) and 'Festival Day' (1985). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey capture the forgotten others, the banality of marginal living on life's edge-of the poor, the tribals and ordinary people-invisible in the feudal landscape of Orissa in the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally written in Oriya by the Padma Bhushan awardee, these have now been translated for the first time into English and recreate the social life of mid-twentieth century India. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe embellished past in the stories is not one of nostalgia but a full-toned portrait of society. Marginalization is the running thread: dispossession, disenfranchisement, class\/caste social exclusivity and lack of education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ebury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143458265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Gopinath Mohanty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180562153653,"sku":"9780143458265","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1d074580-3ab6-44b0-b055-dd32eb015d0c.jpg?v=1697515916","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/oblivion-and-other-stories-9780143458265","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}