• ISBN13: 9780199455270
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Writing/Research Methods
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: June 15, 2014
• Pages: 136
• Original Price: 295.0 INR
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 110 grams

Poverty, debt, and starvation are the conditions that define the existence of a group of labourers. As outcastes they face extreme resentment from other village folk and journey to a faraway place in search of sustenance. Once there, another series of nightmarish events unfolds and their lives continue to mirror the age-old clash between the wealthy and the downtrodden. In a desperate attempt to return home, the group escapes to a forest where it encounters nature which is no longer benign. Will this group complete its odyssey? Or is 'home' a mere illusion, forever beyond reach? A hard-hitting tale of trauma, loss, and the innate will to survive, Aranyakand is a sensitive and realistic portrayal of the lives of the oppressed.

Mahabaleshwar Sail is a prolific writer with four short story collections and five novels to his credit. He has received many awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection Tarangam (1993) and the Katha Award (2007).

Vidya Pai has translated four novels as well as several essays and short stories including Pundalik N. Naik's Acchev (OUP, 2002). She has received the Katha Award (1993) and the Humanscape Translation Award (1996).