Karvalo
novel
Karvalo, published as Carvalho in English, is a novel written by Poornachandra Tejaswi, a Kannada writer whose works include novels, short stories, non-fiction and poetry.
Tejaswi won the "most creative novel of the year" for Karvalo in 1980 from the Sahitya Akademi.
Plot
In Karvalo, the protagonist is a well-educated farmer, who is also the narrator of the same story. In spite of his great interest in rural lifestyle, his unsuccessful agricultural work makes him thinking
of leaving farming During this time he meets Karvalo, a middle aged scientist in search of a rare lizard. Their first few meetings were made to discuss the agricultural difficulties. A character named Mandanna, a local cowboy who is considered as a good-for-nothing fellow by the villagers and his friends, is very close to Karvalo. Karvalo tells the protagonist that Mandanna is his student in a way.
The farmer wonders why Mandanna and Karvalo become close and what the scientist finds so special in the local cowboy. As the story progresses, the farmer understands that the scientist finds that Mandanna possesses special skills of a Naturalist, such as observational skills to identify creatures. Karvalo often goes into the deep Jungle with Mandanna and this gets the small town talking about their relationship.
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