WAavarana is a 2007 Kannada novel by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa. Aavarana means enveloping or covering something. This novel deals with the historical character like Mogul Emperor Aurangazeb. Aavarana was sold out even before its release in February 2007. The novel went on to create a record in the Indian literary world by witnessing 10 reprints within five months of its release.
WAnchu is a 1990 Kannada novel by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa. Anchu means edge or boundary. This novel deals with two main characters: one is an educated lady who is deceived in life, and another is an enthusiastic, professionally educated man. The novel has the love story between these two characters and how the lady shows all the anger and frustration on the man who loves her honestly. The novel focus on inner details of the psychological and temperamental variation of the characters without perceivable external events and actions.
WAnveshana (meaning: Exploration) is a novel written by S. L. Bhyrappa, which was first published on 1976. As of May 2018, it had 13 reprints and has been translated into Hindi and Marathi languages.
WBheemakaaya is the first novel written by S.L. Bhyrappa, it got published on 1952. Bheemakaaya means giant, massive, and this book is about a wrestler and his life. Bhyrappa was 18 years old when he was written this article.
WBhitti is the autobiography of kannada novelist S.L. Bhyrappa. First published in 1996, the book had 11 reprints as of May, 2018 and has been translated to Hindi, Marathi and English languages.
WChidambara Rahasya is a novel written by Poornachandra Tejaswi. This novel depicts the state of a small Indian village in humorous manner. This book has murder investigation, caste system, communal riots, blind beliefs, love story, cardamom plants, friendship, youth rebels, land lords, untouchables, politics of the village. In 2006, Girish Karnad made a teleserial based on the novel This book won Kendriya Sahitya Academic Award for Kannada in 1987.
WChitaadantha is a novel by Kannada writer K. N. Ganeshaiah, published by Ankita Pustaka, Bangalore in the year 2010. The book has story surrounded by The Alexander Great's India visit and Buddhism in India. The story permeates from BC to modern times, a group searching for hidden wealth and experts, scientists studying about the it.
WDaatu is a novel by Kannada writer S L Bhyrappa for which he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 1975. The Book has story which goes through the complex caste system that is deep rooted into Indian society demonstrated through the characters. This book has been translated to 14 major Indian Languages. The novel name indicated the crossing over the boundaries of castes and colors.
WDharmashree is a Kannada language novel written by S L Bhyrappa. This novel is about a man living who is a true believer of Sanathana Dharma. He converts to Christianity to marry a girl for his true love. The novel explores his inner search on true love versus true religion. He faces various advantages and disadvantages when converted to other religion. Meanwhile, she understand him very well more than himself he could and helps him to solve the internal conflicts. The main theme of the book is exploration of the problems in the society with respect to religions.
WDoora Saridaru (meaning: Moved apart) is a 1960 Kannada novel by saraswathi samman awarded novelist S.L. Bhyrappa. This is one of the novels written at an early stage of his writings. The novel portrays two sets of young couples in their college campus with their psychological and social conflicts that prevent them getting married.
WDurgaastamana is a 1982 historical novel by well known Kannada novelist and scholar T. R. Subba Rao, or TaRaSu. As the name indicates, the book charts the downfall of the Nayakas of Chitradurga, a dynasty that ruled there for two centuries. The story follows the epic battle between Madakari Nayaka and Hyder Ali of Mysore in 1779, as the latter lays siege to the fort, and the events and political intrigues leading up to it.
WGhachar Ghochar is a 2015 psychological drama novella written by Kannada author Vivek Shanbhag and was translated into English by Srinath Perur. Set in Bangalore, the book is about an unnamed narrator who reminisces about his dysfunctional family's rags to riches story which results in troubling behavioural changes in each of them. The title is a made-up phrase, invented by the narrator's wife and her brother, which means "tangled up beyond repair".
WGrahana (meaning: Eclipse) is a novel written by S.L. Bhyrappa, which was first published in 1972. As of May 2018, it had 11 reprints.
WKaranam Pavan Prasad is an Indian author, artist and playwright in Kannada language. He gained notability with his first novel Karma (ಕರ್ಮ). His second novel was Nunni.
WGrahabanga (Kannada: ಗೃಹಭಂಗ is a well-known novel by one of the most important novelists in Kannada S L Bhyrappa. The plot depicts rural India, starts around the 1920s and ends around the 1940s. The story has the heroic struggle of a woman against her idiotic husband, vicious mother-in-law, superstitious neighbours and pervading poverty. Tiptur, Channarayapatna regions are covered in this novel. This novel is considered an Indian classic and hence National Book Trust, India translated this into all the fourteen major languages of India. In 2003 it was made into a television series by Girish Kasaravalli which was produced by the actress Soundarya.
WJugari Cross is a novel by Poornachandra Tejaswi, a writer from Kannada whose works include novels, short stories, non-fiction and poetry. Jugari Cross is a suspense thriller which happens around common incidents that occur in an ordinary farming couple's life. The story takes place in a 24 hour period, with a trace of history and a literary quest, but seriously provokes the reader to analyze the wider spectrum of philosophy, literature, and the principles of the global economy's impacts on the normal people.
WKanuru Heggaditi or Kanooru Heggadithi (meaning: Proprietress of Kanuru) is a Kannada language novel written by author and poet, Kuvempu, in 1936. Based on the novel, a Kannada movie Kanooru Heggadithi directed by Girish Karnad, was released in 1999.
WKarisiriyaana or Karisiriyana is a history based thriller novel authored by Dr. K. N. Ganeshaiah. The title 'Karisiriyaana' is a portmanteau of three Kannada words, 'kari', 'siri', and 'yaana', which respectively mean 'elephant', 'wealth' and 'journey'. The novel has a story based on the legend which claims that the huge wealth in the Vijayanagara kingdom was moved to a secret location soon after the death of its last king, on several hundred elephants. There was a three day gap between the last day of the last battle of Vijayanagara empire and the beginning of the looting of the precious gems and gold the king had possessed by the rival Muslim kings. In those three days, a large chunk of the wealth got mysteriously disappeared. The hunt for this treasure is the plotline of the novel. To add more mystery, the novel uses several historical facts related to Vijayanagara Dynasty. Characters in the novel explore the details surrounding this empire and related wealth. The novel has the description of rise of the empire and the reasons behind it, also how others captured the wealth. Kings interaction with Tirupati Venkateswara temple, and a brief history of the temple is described. This book has many facts with listed references suitable for students and researchers along with general readers.
WKarvalo is a novel written by Poornachandra Tejaswi, a writer from Kannada whose works include novels, short stories, non-fiction and poetry.
WKavalu is a 2010 Kannada novel by one of the eminent novelists S.L. Bhyrappa. Kavalu means "cross-roads" and the novel deals with Indian society at Crossroads in the era of globalization. The story revolves around the main character Jaya Kumar.
WMalegalalli Madumagalu or Malegalalli Mudumagalu is a 1967 Kannada novel by popular author and poet, Kuvempu. The title Malegalalli Madumagalu translates to "the bride in the mountains." The novel was adapted into the television series of same name.
WMandra is a novel by Kannada writer S L Bhyrappa for which he was awarded the Saraswati Samman for the year 2010. 'Mandra' is one of the most acclaimed epic novels of Bhyrappa. The novel was published by Sahitya Bhandara, Balepet, Bangalore, in 2002. The book has story surrounded by musicians and dancers. The information on how this book was written is present in ′Sandarbha: Samvaada′ (meaning: Context: conversation).
WMarali Mannige (meaning: Back to Earth) is a Kannada novel by novelist K. Shivaram Karanth.
WMatadana (meaning: voting) is a 1965 novel written by the famous Kannada writer, philosopher, thinker S L Bhyrappa. An award winning Kannada movie Mathadana based on this novel, which was directed by T N Seetharam secured 'Best Regional Film' award at 47th National Film Awards. Matadana reveals the caste based politics and other dynamics that grip the democratic institution of ballot box in India.
WMookajjiya Kanasugalu is a 1968 Kannada epic novel written by K. Shivaram Karanth. It won the Jnanpith Award in the year 1977. The novel is about the thoughts of human being of today's generation. It deals with the beliefs, the origin of tradition etc.
WNaayi Neralu (meaning: Shadow of the Dog) is a novel written by S.L. Bhyrappa, which was first published on 1968. As of May 2018, it had 17 reprints and has been translated into Hindi and Gujarati languages. Based on the novel, a movie Naayi Neralu, in Kannada language was released in 2006, directed by Girish Kasaravalli.
WNele (meaning: Base) is a 1983 novel written by S.L. Bhyrappa. This book explores a person's life after his death from philosophical point of view. A friend got to see notes of Javarayi, and which has full of philosophical thoughts about life.
WNiraakarna is a Kannada language novel written by S L Bhyrappa. This novel is about a man living in the slum area of Mumbai, supporting his family's food and shelter by earning as a job typist, left with five children after his two wives' death. He faces much difficulty caring for the kids by himself, and decides to give them away for adoption. The novel explores the emotional conflicts of both father and children, meanwhile he explores his spiritual path, understand oneself.
WParva is a Kannada language novel written by S. L. Bhyrappa based on the Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. It is a non-mythological retelling of the Mahabharata and is widely acclaimed as a modern classic. The story of the Mahabharata in Parva is narrated in the form of personal reflections of some of the principal characters of the epic. Parva is unique in terms of the complete absence of any episode that has the element of divine intervention found in the original.
WSaartha, which means Caravan, a novel written by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa. Through a caravan, the novel explores the whole of India of the 8th century A.D. covering the political, economical, artistic and spiritual life of the country. It uses some historical persons like Adi Shankaracharya, Maṇḍana Miśra, Ubhaya Bharati and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa and institutions like Nalanda. It is a unique novel translated into Sanskrit and received by Sanskrit scholars like a work originally written in Sanskrit It is translated into Hindi and in English published by Oxford University Press, Chennai.
WSakshi (meaning: The witness) is a novel written by S.L. Bhyrappa, which was first published in 1986. As of May 2018, it had 9 reprints and has been translated into Hindi and English languages.The book has been translated into English by Niyogi Books
WSwapna Sarswata is novel written by Gopalakrishna Pai. It's the fist novel from the author Gopalakrishna Pai and it is collection of many short stories.
WTabbaliyu Neenade Magane (meaning: You've become orphan, son) is a novel written by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa. This book is about a conflict of a culture with modern views of an educated person in a village of India. Author introduced the characters and develop them throughout the book who represent the different views and fight for moral truth and scientific truths. This book is suitable to the people who wants to know about village life and background of cow as a God in India.
WTantu is a 1993 Kannada novel by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa. Tantu means relations or links between human emotions.. This book was translated into English in the year 2010 by Niyogi Books.
WUttarakaanda is a 2017 Kannada novel by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa, based on the Sanskrit epic, Ramayana. This book was released on 16 January 2017.
WYaana (meaning: Sail) is a novel written by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa, which has a story of two astronauts traveling in a spaceship to Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the earth which is around 4-6 light years away. The journey takes several decades. The novel focuses on scientific problems and human relationships when they are away from the earth. While generating oxygen and food on the spaceship the technical problems, the other issues are giving birth to children there and nurturing them.