01740nam a22002777a 4500 OSt 20260128110446.0 230913b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789391125028 AL English 820.33 BHYS 23 S L Bhyrappa 133683 Scion New Delhi Niyogi Books 2023 520p. HB 22X14cm. English BLCR-000047 760 ₹ 950 20% 12-09-2023 Kannada Set in early 20th-century rural Karnataka, Scion is a work of great sociocultural importance, chronicling the intersecting lives of a handful of highly intelligent, sensitive, and emotive characters—all torn apart, brought together, and then torn apart again under extraordinary circumstances. A complex and stunningly woven tale of diverse human characters, their innermost desires, struggles, grief, and joys, the novel explores the concept of polygamy, re-marriage (in a time when it was a social taboo), death, grief, devotion, celibacy, reverse narratives of motherhood, Oedipus complex, self-sacrifice or lack thereof, betrayal, forgiveness, and transcendence and resurrection. The novel, while creating knotty human characters, explores larger philosophical and existential questions about being human, right and wrong, and community versus individual freedoms and choices. Scion is a major literary feat, and Bhyrappa is a master raconteur, displaying all his talents at their best. Bhairappa S L Indian English Fiction 133721 Vamshavriksha 133874 Indian English Literature 133722 Prasad, R Ranganath Tr 133723 ddc BK 228794 228794 0 0 ddc 0 0 ENG AL AL 2023-09-12 Navakarnataka Publications Pvt Ltd 760.00 3 820.33 BHYS 076788 2026-01-07 14:55:43 2025-12-18 950.00 2023-09-11 BK