Yaana : The Voyage

Description

About the book :

In this book, India’s foremost novelist S. L. Bhyappa examines human nature and fundamental values in dimensions hitherto unseen. The characters and situations come alive and leave a deep impact on the minds of the reader, thanks to the creative genius of the author.

Yaana: The Voyage is a translation of S. L. Bhyappa’s bestselling Kannada novel and has been rendered into English by Arjun Bharadwaj, a literary aficionado and writer.

Summary :

Spaceship, 150 feet wide and 300 feet long, is constructed and sent out to space with a man and woman on it. It is set out to reach Proxima Centauri, a galaxy that lies 4.6 light years away from Earth. Are the vows taken on Earth and the rules that apply to the residence of the planet valid when one goes away from the gravitational field from the Sun? – this is among the many philosophical questions that bother the characters in the novel.