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''Karvalo'' is a novel written by Poornachandra Tejaswi,〔Rajan, P. K. (1989). ''The Growth of the novel in India, 1950-1980.'' New Delhi:Abhinav Publications. p. 118. ISBN 81-7017-259-4〕 a writer from Kannada whose works include novels, short stories, non-fiction and poetry.〔("Flights of Fancy." ) Online webpage of ''The Hindu.'' Retrieved 2007-07-12.〕 Tejaswi won the "most creative novel of the year" for ''Karvalo'' in 1980 from the Sahitya Akademi.〔Sahitya Akademi. (1992) ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature''; vol 5. p. 4309.〕 〔http://www.agumberainforest.com〕 ==Plot== In ''Karvalo'', the protagonist is a well educated farmer, who is also the narrator of the same story. In spite of his great interest in rural lifestyle, his unsuccessful agricultural work makes him consider ending his life as a farmer to move to the city.〔http://www.astroshiva.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/karvalo-in-search-of-universal-truth/ 6.〕 During this time he meets Karvalo, a middle aged scientist in search of a rare lizard.〔 Their first few meetings were made to discuss the agricultural difficulties. A character named Mandanna, a local cowboy who is considered as a good-for-nothing fellow by the villagers and his friends, is very close to Karvalo. Karvalo tells the protagonist that Mandanna is his student in a way. .〔Karvalo's conversation with the protagonist in the novel〕 The farmer wonders why Mandanna and Karvalo become close and what the scientist finds so special in the local cowboy. As the story progresses, the farmer understands that the scientist finds that Mandanna possesses special skills of a Naturalist, such as ''observational skills'' to identify creatures. Karvalo often goes into the deep Jungle with Mandanna and this gets the small town talking about their relationship.〔Karvalo's week long absence along with Mandanna cited in the novel〕 One day Karvalo reveals that the endangered flying Lizard Mandanna had seen, ''Draco dussumieri'' is an agamid "flying" lizard capable of gliding from tree to tree found in the Western Ghats and a relative of ''Draco blanfordii'' of China (SW Yunnan), E Thailand, W Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, India and Bangladesh.〔Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia. p. 112-113〕 Karvalo is interested in finding the lizard, previously thought to have been extinct. The journey of these characters, the protagoniost, Manadanna, a camera man and cook along with Karvalo to find the elusive lizard is the story of this novel.〔Karvalo's expedition cited in the Novel〕 The series of discussions and revelations during the expedition gives a philosophical touch to the story, particularly the search for the truth of life.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karvalo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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