A Different Drummer By G A Kulkarni Vilas Salunke

A fiction writer with a difference, G. A. Kulkarni (1923-1987), is a truly unique and unparalleled literary figure in the field of modern Indian fiction. He is a highly acclaimed and respected short story writer in modern Marathi fiction having written more than 150 short stories in Marathi between 1940 and 1987. He was awarded the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection Kajalmaya published in 1972. His famous Marathi short story collections are Nilasavla, Paarva, Hirve Raawe, Raktachandan, Kajalmaya, Ramalkhuna, Samphakun, Pinglavel and Kungunja.

This collection includes some of the near perfect and astounding stories like The Swami, Full Circle, The Spot and Don, the Crusader. All the unique features of G.A.s short stories that make him a great literary genius with a difference are found in this collection. His realistic stories rooted in the Indian soil like The Sound of Bangles as well as his metaphorical, symbolic, allegorical tales which are fantastic epiphanies or metaphors of life like Life is a journey are thought provoking and spellbinding world class short stories. This Birth Centenary Edition would suffice to prove why critics have compared him with literary geniuses like Franz Kafka and Jorge Luis Borges. This English translation is a step towards making G. A. Kulkarni's incredible stories accessible to a wider audience in India and around the world.