"Kalkoot (कालकूट)" a Marathi book by Hari Narayan Apte (हरी नारायण आपटे).
This edition of the book was published by Sheetal Mehta in 2013 and has 224 pages.
King of Indraprastha had two daughters, married with a son each. His own son is dead. Elder daughter is vindictive and wants her son to succeed her father. Younger daughter is a nice lady. Elder daughter will go to any length to get her way. She takes her son to Aghorghant kapalik.
Can her husband and father save her? Will she return? Will she repent? Will she reform?
The story is patchy. It doesn't have a smooth flow. Narration outs not convincing. Rather than a story it appears like a documentary.
This book was originally published in parts in a magazine 'Karmanuk (करमणूक)'. Probably that's why it contains book summary at the beginning of the book and it also contains chapter summary at the start of every chapter. It should have been removed while publishing the book. The enthusiasm of reading the book reduces considerably when you read the book summary and come to know the story before you actually start reading it.
This was one of the three novels that author could not complete in his life time. It remains incomplete. Thus when the story takes a pause it suddenly ends. In movie terminology one can say that the movie ends at the interval.
Ha. Na. Apte is a well known novelist. He is considered Founder of modern Marathi novel and short story. He rescued the story from the clutches of romanticism and turned it to realism. He wrote 18 novels. These were social and historical novels. He died more than 100 years ago.
Size of this Book is that of pocket book, a rarity in Marathi. However the font is not small and reading experience is good.
Why did I read this book? Author.
What I didn't like? Lack of flow.
What did I like? Seed.
Give it a miss.
Disclosure: I am not related to the author.
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