Legends Of Khasak
Legends of Khasak The Legends of Khasak was written by O. V. Vijayan in Malayalam, and was titled ‘Khasakinte Ithihaasam”. It was translated into English by the author himself. Khasak is a story both about Ravi, an undergraduate who takes up a job to teach in a village, and about a new world he experiences in Khasak. It is set in Kerala in the middle of the 20 th century. The book creates contrasts of a modern world that meets tradition, and strangers that mix with village locals. It explores the features of a marginalized society. Khasak is portrayed as a village that embraces those who come upon it, and also frees them equally easily. O.V. VIjayan was inspired to write this novel based on Thasarak, a village in Palakaad (Palghat) in Kerala, where his sister was stationed as a school teacher. Much of the novel is formed through phenomenological reality and though there is no continuous story of external incidents, the novel articulates a social world in a non-...