{"product_id":"oblivion-and-other-stories-9780143472384","title":"Oblivion and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOblivion and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is 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).\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ebury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143472384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Gopinath Mohanty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774076022965,"sku":"9780143472384","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/oblivion-and-other-stories-9780143472384","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}