A Voyage form Emptiness to Amplitude with the Reference to Selected Novels of O. V. Vijayan

It is a truth that life brings a lot of difficulties and dwindling, crisis and confusions and prejudices and problems to a person‟s life. And as literature is an „imitation‟ of life, all these things occupy a prime position in literature. But only to state impediments don‟t serve the purpose, in life as well as in literature: resolutions to these problems are also obligatory. As problems and solutions, both are the reactions of outer world on a poet/writer‟s mind which find its way in literature, all of them provide the same as per their „pattern‟ of body-brain system. O. V. Vijayan, as per the study of his life and novels, seems to have a spiritual bent of mind, especially in the later period of his life, prequel to which is believed as the struggle for understanding the nature of existence. Both the protagonists – Ravi and Kunjunni – in The Legends of Khasak and The Infinity of Grace, respectively, struggle, seek for and finally are shown as attaining the absolute Piece, Happiness and Truth. The proposed paper shows, highlights and also uncovers, if necessary, the untiring quest and craving, journey and progress and finally the stage of absolute Piece and satisfaction of both the protagonists.