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The Serpent and the Rope

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Publication date
  
1960

Dewey Decimal
  
823.91

Originally published
  
1960

ISBN
  
9780143422334

Country
  
India

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Media type
  
Print

LC Class
  
PZ3.R1369 Se

Author
  
Raja Rao

Publisher
  
John Murray

OCLC
  
609467549

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The Serpent and the Rope is a novel by Raja Rao first published in 1960 by John Murray. Written in an autobiographical style, the novel deals with the concepts of existence, reality, and fulfillment of one's capabilities. The protagonist Ramaswamy's thought process in the novel is said to be influenced by vedantic philosophy and Adi Shankara's non-dualism.

The novel won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964.

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