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The Penance (Paperback)
Fakir Mohan Senapati; Translated by Snehaprava Das
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R398
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Paramita Satpathy belongs to the second generation of modern
fiction writers in Odia. In her career spanning two decades, she
has carved out a niche for herself with seven short story
collections and a novel to her credit. This work is a collection of
14 short stories written by her that have been selected from four
different Odia books to depict the range and diversity of her
creative output. The stories in this collection straddle many
layers of human experience. They make an honest effort to explore
overpowering passions carefully concealed under a veneer of a false
confidence. The protagonists in most of the stories are driven to
seek a state of euphoria to release these dormant passions in
unguarded moments. While some stories deplore the evils of a social
system that find expression in 'Children's Day' (sexual abuse of
children), or dowry deaths in ('The Ultimate Payment'), others
protest the crude invasion of urbanization into the peaceful
territory of nature. A striking note of feminism is discernable in
stories like 'The Nowhere Nest' and a few others where the women
protagonists boldly challenge patriarchy and hypocrisy . Others
like 'The Wound', 'Elixir of Love', and 'A Strange Bond', are
efforts to dive into the human psyche to unmask the real self,
haunted by a sense of guilt, insecurity and frustration.
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