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| Author | Agyeya |
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| Original title | शेखर: एक जीवनी |
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| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Psychoanalytic novel |
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| Publication place | India |
Published in English | 2018 |
| OCLC | 19111769 |
Shekhar: Ek Jivani (pronounced [ʃe.khər: ek jiv.ni]; transl. Shekhar: A Life) is an unfinished Hindi-language novel by Indian writer Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, also known by his pen-name, Agyeya. Published in two parts, with a third part that has yet to see the light of day, Ek Jivani is semi-biographical in nature and is considered to be Agyeya's magnum opus.
Reviewers have remarked on the novel's subtle uses of psychoanalytic themes in its narrative of a variety of experiences.[1] Indeed, it is recognized as being the first Hindi novel to have deployed Freudian approaches to the workings of the mind.[2]
- ^ Lal, Mohan, ed. (2007) [1991]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Navaratri To Sarvasena. Vol. IV. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 2973. ISBN 81-260-1003-1. OCLC 888970468.
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