The Dread Departure
(Mahanirvan)

Satish Alekar

Translated by Gauri Deshpande

 

5.5 x 8.5 inches, x + 67pp, 13 halftones. 1989

ISBN : 9788170460596

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In an unusually irreverent text that plays with the traditional Marathi musical mode of the mourning keertan and the theme of death, Satish Alekar's The Dread Departure tells the story of a dead man who will be cremated the way he wants to be and no other way.

Satish Alekar is Professor and Head, Lalit Kala Kendra, Pune Universityand Vice-Chairman, National School of Drama, New Delhi.

 

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