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Kanthapura Audiobook ((new))

Raja Rao famously faced a challenge when writing Kanthapura : how to convey the rhythms of Kannada storytelling in the English language. In his foreword, he wrote, "English is not really an alien language to us, it is the language of our intellectual make-up... but not of our emotional make-up."

: Several educational channels offer "audiobook-style" readings, summaries, and detailed chapter-by-chapter explanations, which are often used by students. Libraries (OverDrive/Libby) Kanthapura Audiobook

An official, professionally narrated audiobook for Kanthapura Raja Rao famously faced a challenge when writing

So, put on your headphones. Close your eyes. You are no longer in your car or on your morning walk. You are in the village of Kanthapura, listening to the old women talk about the young men who dared to stand up to an empire. You are in the village of Kanthapura, listening

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