A Shortcut to Tipperary : From Goa (A Novel)
Language: Eng Publication details: Panaji, Goa Broadway Publishing House, 2022 Edition: 1st EditionDescription: 246 pgs. 21.5*14 cmsISBN: 9789384298999Subject(s): English, English NovelDDC classification: 823 Summary: "The book is the author's attempt at recreating life in rural Goa, in his younger days. The story is fictitious with some actual incidents meshed and merged, but the setting is real. One purpose, among others, is to leave a record of a way of life that is so quickly disappearing. And in doing so, the author has consciously taken recourse to the teatro (Konkani drama) an art form, that is quintessentially Goan. The teatm emerged among Goan immigrant communities in Bombay in the nineteenth century and continues to be popular entertainment.The unique aspect of the tcatro is that the actual narration is interspersed with incidents ostensibly unrelated to the theme, yet highlighting 1hc rea l ities oflifc. Thus the storyl ine is clear, but other aspects of life in Goa too butt in, to keep the viewer informed and entertained. The music and song as in the teatro too arc provided as apposite hymns and songs have been integrated into the book. A ll you have to do is googlc for the song/hymn and listen, as you read!"| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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HPSMs Ganpat Parsekar College of Education, Harmal HPS-English Fiction Novel | HPS-ENGLISH | 823 GRA/SHO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | - | 1 | Available | 7 Shelf | HPS-C4994 |
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"The book is the author's attempt at recreating life in rural Goa, in his younger days. The story is fictitious with some actual incidents meshed and merged, but the setting is real. One purpose, among others, is to leave a record of a way of life that is so quickly disappearing. And in doing so, the author has consciously taken recourse to the teatro (Konkani drama) an art form, that is quintessentially Goan. The teatm emerged among Goan immigrant communities in Bombay in the nineteenth century and continues to be popular entertainment.The unique aspect of the tcatro is that the actual narration is interspersed with incidents ostensibly unrelated to the theme, yet highlighting 1hc rea l ities oflifc. Thus the storyl ine is clear, but other aspects of life in Goa too butt in, to keep the viewer informed and entertained. The music and song as in the teatro too arc provided as apposite hymns and songs have been integrated into the book. A ll you have to do is googlc for the song/hymn and listen, as you read!"
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