Raja Rao’s - The Serpent and The Rope : A quest for metaphysics

Abstract

Unquestionably one of the most important authors working in the English language today, Raja Rao is Raja Rao. Sahitya Akademi award winner for his work The Serpent and the Rope. With his vast variety of philosophical, intellectual, political, and social perspectives, as well as his mastery of the novel's form, language, and method, Raja Rao is unquestionably one of the most generally recognized Indian-English novelists. Raja Rao had a major impact on the present Indian-English novel's landscape. In other words, Raja Rao's work The Serpent and the Rope is full of diversity. Prof. M.K. Naik is correct when he says that Raja Rao has made a substantial contribution to the English-language Indian novel. His works are theoretically sophisticated because of a combination of metaphysical heritage and his sensitivity to western society. Mahapurana is the story of the Serpent and the Rope, a mythical serpent and its rope. Myths and symbols have been employed by Raja Rao in his books to express a deeper understanding of life and have become an integral element of the narrative structure.