Kr̥ṣṇā Sobtī. A Journey from Bacpan to Samay sargam

Title:

Kr̥ṣṇā Sobtī. A Journey from Bacpan to Samay sargam

Creator:

Offredi, Mariola

Identifier:

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Description:

Two voices inhabit the inner being of Kr̥ṣṇā Sobtī, both as a fiction writer and as a woman. Creative output stems from that inner being, allowing the artist to project an imaginary world, created through the cognitive process that provides for the building blocks of the mind. In this article I will be discussing Kr̥ṣṇā Sobtī’s creative writings, seeking to establish links between her autobiographical pieces and those in which she purposely steps outside the narrative. The two novels Ai laṛkī [Oh, girl!, 1991] and Samay sargam [The musical scale of time, 2000] are certainly autobiographical; books in which the author purposely steps outside the narrative include Ḍār se bichuṛī [Separated from the flock, 1958], Mitro marjānī [Mischievous Mitro, 1967], Yārõ ke yār [Friends of friends, 1968], Tin Pahāṛ [Tin Pahāṛ, 1968], Sūrajmukhī ãdhere ke [Sunflowers in the dark, 1972], Dilo-dāniś [Heart and reason, 1993], Zindagīnāmā [A book of life, 1979], Uttarārddh [Second half, 2005] and these represent only the novels. The two voices I referred to earlier are, effectively, not just the two sides of a debate or the voices of contrasting experiences; they are also two voices of time that, depending on the context, are either internal or externally projected. The shadow of time, in which past and present often overlap each other, underlies Kr̥ṣṇā Sobtī’s entire oeuvre, her private and her imaginary worlds.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Source:

Archiv orientální | 2008 Volume:76 | Number:3

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