I read two Marathi novels which were completely different from each other. One by Vilas Sarang 'Rudra' and other by Ranganath Pathare 'Haaran'.
Rudra is the story of a poor God. Now one would wonder what is rich God and poor God. But its true. People belongs to different strata of society have different Gods. So he was the poor God. Then he tries to create the world but others rich Gods like Vishnu prevents him from doing so. Rudra has always been given secondary treatment by other Gods and Goddess.
This is sufficient to understand that the author wants to comment on the contemporary world by using mythological characters.
Sarang is known for his experiments in Marathi literature. Some say that his writing is inspired by Kafka, Camus and Sartre. He writes in English too and has been recognised as a modernist writer. I have read his earlier book of stories 'Atank'. The stories are of magic realism type.
Other story of a beautiful girl named Haaran. She born in lower caste, marries to an unsuitable man. The society forces her to break the barriers because everyone wants monopoly on her. But this is not so easy.
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