|A timeless classic the novel has received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award (1974) Sahitya Pravarthaka Benefit Fund award and the Vayalar award (1978).|വെട്ടേറ്റ സ്നേഹത്തിന്റെ തളം കെട്ടിയ ഹൃദയ രക്തത്തില്നിന്നുകൊണ്ട് മഹാഭാരതത്തിന് കര്ണ്ണന്റെയും ദ്രൗപദിയുടെയും വീക്ഷണകോണിലൂടെ പുതുഭാഷ്യം രചിക്കുന്ന പ്രൗഢമായ നോവല്.|The parallel strands of the story of Karna and the recreated story of Draupadi flows through the novel sometimes intertwining. One can behold in this flow the main characters and events of the Mahabharath. The book thus has three different foci. It is hoped that an ‘out of focus’ image thus formed will have a contour of its own.|The book subsists on the great epic ‘The Mahabharath’ that has flourished over two thousand years. The main element of the novel is the story of Karna woven into a delicately and imaginatively developed parallel story of Draupadi. Maintaining the original epic atmosphere the story events and characters are structured in the strains of thought of Draupadi imaginatively constructed. The details of the story of Karna closely follows the original epic.
