"Dwarakecha Suryasta (द्वारकेचा सूर्यास्त)" a Marathi book by Anagha Prabhudesai (अनघा प्रभूदेसाई). This book is published by diamond Publications in 2011 and has 108 pages. This book is a translation of original Gujrati book 'Sami sanjhana padchaya' by Dinkar Joshi
This book covers Krishna's life after Kurukshetra, mainly towards his death. It was a span of 36 years, after Kurukshetra, during which Krishna stayed in Dwarka.
Krishna (कृष्ण) is portrayed in this book as unfortunate. He doesn't get to feed off his mother's breast. He has to leave Gokul (गोकुळ) for good when Kans (कंस) called him, as not doing so would have meant destruction of Gokul. He kills Kans but has to leave Mathura (मथुरा) to avoid city's obliteration by Jarasandh's repeated attacks. Then he has to set up Dwarka as new capital. He was accused of stealing most precious gem Syamantak by Yadav's and none other than his brother and his wife. He was aware that due to Gandhari's curse ( Despite all unsuccessful efforts by Krishna to avoid war, Gandhari curses the destruction of Yadav clan for not stopping the war) his entire clan will become extinct before his own eyes and he even has to aid it happen.
This book covers a brief period before extinction of Yadav clan. Krishna tries his best to minimize the impact of the curse of Sage Kashyap (कश्यप), but Yadav's do not pay any heed to his efforts and keep traveling towards eventual end.
Marathi used in this book is very heavy. A lot of words are not used in day to day Marathi. It also means that the same must be true for the original Gujarati novel. But since it's a small book it doesn't become unpalatable.
The book contains lot of philosophy, a lot of advice and a journey towards end from the eyes of Krishna, the God who can not help extinction and death of his near and dear ones.
It's a different kind of book with preaching narration. Author has paid special attention to not make the story spicy.
Read if you don't mind heavy Marathi.
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