Spiritual Agony and Hunger In the Protagonist In the Last Labyrinth By Arun Joshi

Exploring the restlessness and search for meaning in Arun Joshi's novel, The Last Labyrinth

Authors

  • Manju Bala Singhania University

Keywords:

Spiritual Agony, Hunger, Protagonist, Last Labyrinth, Arun Joshi, Sahitya Academy Winner, novel, god size, dedicated, children, Som Bhaskar, multimillionaire, married, woman of his choice, Geeta, two children, ever dissatisfied, restless person, driven, undefined hungers, possession, object, business-enterprise, meaning of life, meaning of death, dilemmas, contradictions

Abstract

Arun Jhoshi’s fourth and Sahitya Academy Winner novel The Last Labyrinth (1981) is of god sizeand is dedicated to the three children of Joshi. Here, the central figure isSom Bhaskar, a multimillionaire married to a woman of his choice, Geeta, whohas borne him two children. But Bhaskar is an ever dissatisfied, restlessperson, who is relentlessly driven by undefined hungers of possession – of anobject, a business-enterprise and a woman. Searching for a meaning of life anddeath, Som confronts with the dilemmas and contradictions.

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Published

2014-04-01

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[1]
“Spiritual Agony and Hunger In the Protagonist In the Last Labyrinth By Arun Joshi: Exploring the restlessness and search for meaning in Arun Joshi’s novel, The Last Labyrinth”, JASRAE, vol. 7, no. 14, pp. 0–0, Apr. 2014, Accessed: Aug. 03, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5213

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Vol. 7 No. 14 (2014): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

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How to Cite

[1]
“Spiritual Agony and Hunger In the Protagonist In the Last Labyrinth By Arun Joshi: Exploring the restlessness and search for meaning in Arun Joshi’s novel, The Last Labyrinth”, JASRAE, vol. 7, no. 14, pp. 0–0, Apr. 2014, Accessed: Aug. 03, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/5213