New Critical Edition of Khasakkinte Itihasam Released by DC Books

DC Books has released a new annotated critical edition of O.V. Vijayan's seminal novel Khasakkinte Itihasam, marking over five decades since its original publication in 1969. The edition features scholarly annotations by Prof. M. Leelavathi, an extensive foreword by M.T. Vasudevan Nair, and previously unpublished correspondence between Vijayan and his editor. The volume also includes reproductions of Vijayan's original cartoon illustrations that accompanied the serialised version in Mathrubhumi Weekly.