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| Author | K. Shivaram Karanth |
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| Language | Kannada |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | 1941 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Marali Mannige(meaning: Back to soil) is a Kannada novel by novelist K. Shivaram Karanth. [1]
The novel is the story of three generations spanning the period from 1850 to 1940. This book is written in the Dakshina Kannada dialect, capturing the changing face of a traditional, agrarian, caste-ridden society in the wake of its brush with ‘modernity’ and participation in the Indian freedom movement.
This novel got translated into other 10 Indian languages. [2] The English translation of this book by Padma Ramachandra Sharma,has been conferred the State Sahitya Akademi award. [3]