English translation of Hindi fiction Antim Aranya. Antima Aranya is a subtle, slow, intoxicating tale about the search of meaning in a life that has no meaning. Set among the hills, the author brilliantly encompasses the beauty of the Himalayas in his mesmerizing paragraphs. It is set in a place where people come after they have led their lives. However the protagonist of this novel has come there because he has none. He read an advertisement and came there to take care of an old man. The woman who had issued that advertisement is now dead. Is she really dead?
