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മലയാളത്തിന്റെ അർത്ഥമായി മാറിയ നോവലാണ്‌ ഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാസം. മലയാള നോവലിന്റെ വികാസ പരിണാമങ്ങൾക്ക്‌ ‘ഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാസം’ നല്‌കിയ സംഭാവന അനന്യമാണ്‌, അഭൂതപൂർവവുമാണ്‌.മലയാള ഭാഷയ്‌ക്ക്‌ പുതിയ മാനങ്ങൾ നല്‌കിയ ഒ.വി. വിജയന്റെ ‘മാസ്‌റ്റർപീസ്‌’, ‘ഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാ

khasakinte ithihasam, 2012-12-27 15:09:00
Reviewer: manikandan thrissur

malayalam novel charithrathile nazhika kallaya oru novalanu ith vethyasthamaya anuboothikalude aaravangalum palakkadan bashayude maaduryavum thulumbunna novel

enik palavarodum pranayamthoniyitund adyam prithvi raj pinne dileep pinne tamil nadan surya pinne jaim ravi pinne ente school kootukaraneyum avasanam njan athu nirthi venda eni pranayichal shariyavilla areyom kanditillengilum njan pranayichu pinne ithu vayichathinu shesham kasakine njan snehichu pinne o vi vijay ne yum eni njan areyum pranayikilla novelukale orikee

There are only two Malayalam writers who continues to astound me; Basheer and O. V. Vijayan. It is not to say that others haven’t had their moments. But none who have transcended the era in which they wrote book to remain the language’s best ever. These two maestros took the languages to different extremes unimaginable then or now and changed the language forever. Basheer amaze me with the sheer simplicity of language in portraying a world that would have been considered beyond the reach such simple language, but for Basheer. To me Basheer will always be the Sultan of the Malayalam language. While Basheer unveiled the potency of Malayalam, O. V. Vijayan took it to a zenith unmatched in the history of Malayalam literature with Kazakkinte Ithihasam. If Basheer could be the greatest Malayalam novelist, then Kazakkinte Ithihasm remains its greatest novel. I discovered the book in my late teen, some twenty years after the book had taken whole generation of Malayalam readers by storm. A generation later also there was no difference as I was gently transported into the magical world of Kazak. Another 20 years later as I look back, I cannot help thinking that never has Malayalam peaked as it had in the hands of O. V. Vijayan with Kazak. In fact It remains Malayalam’s greatest novel as well its greatest poetry because the prose Vijayan conjured up was more poetic than anything ever attempted in Malayalam poetry. I have been reading this book now nearly for 25 years, often a paragraph here or chapter there, or often the whole book for the umpteenth time. Reading as someone who read Bible or Qaran or Gita to address a fear or feel the enlightenment or just for the sake of it. Kazakkinte Ithihasam remains my Malayalam literary equivalent of Bible or Gita or Qaran. The Legend of O. V. Vijayan and Kazak will always live on. If you even pretend to love Malayalam, read this book once at least.

IT IS A HISTORY OF A VILLAGE.IT REVEALS THE MYSTREY IN HUMAN’S MIND.RAVI IS AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.HE LEADS THE ENTIRE STORY.IT IS A MITH.O V VIJAYAN TRIES TO MAKE IT MORE DRAMATIC ONE.

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