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Publication date 1960 Dewey Decimal 823.91 Originally published 1960 ISBN 9780143422334 Country India | 3.6/5 Goodreads Media type Print LC Class PZ3.R1369 Se 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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