Description
In a small south Indian town, the death of Naranappa—a renegade Brahmin who has long defied caste and purity—splits his community at the most urgent moment: whether he should be buried as a Brahmin. As the village turns to Praneshacharyah, a revered ascetic struggling to care for his ailing wife, the search for a religious “answer” becomes an escalating crisis of sickness, fear, and moral certainty. What follows is an existential suspense that probes the boundaries between sacred and profane, pure and impure, and the rules that people use to define belonging. With U. R. Ananthamurthy’s incisive, modern literary intensity, the novel transforms a rite of passage into a moment of recognition—forcing characters and readers alike to confront what faith, identity, and judgment truly demand.
Available Editions
paperback
NYRB Classics
Published Jan 1, 2016
158 pages
ISBN: 9781590179123
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Details
First Published
1965
Language
eng
Translation
From: kan
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Samskara by U.R. Ananthamurthy.