Fragility of Human Relationships
Rohini Mokashi-Punekar
THE NEMESIS (CHANDAL JIBON TRILOGY BOOK 2) by By Manoranjan Byapari. Translated from the Odia by V. Ramaswamy Eka, 2023, 384 pp., INR 599.00
December 2023, volume 47, No 12

This is the second of the powerful trilogy of novels by Manoranjan Byapari. It tells the story of Jibon, the central character whose desperate struggle for survival forms the basis of the plot and interconnecting narration spanning all three novels. The Runaway Boy, published in 2020, narrates the life of Jibon’s father Garib Das who,

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