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{{short description|1968 Gujarati novel by Radheshyam Sharma}}
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'''''Fero''''' ({{lang-gu|ફેરો}}) (English: ''The Trip'') is a Gujarati novel written by [[Radheshyam Sharma]]. It was published in 1968 by Rekha Prakashan in [[Ahmedabad]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Books India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pES5AAAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=National Book Trust.|page=56}}</ref> It is acclaimed in [[Gujarati literature]] for its experimental nature<ref name="George1992x">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA141|year=1992|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=141}}</ref> and is considered a literary milestone among modern Gujarati authors.<ref name="Welcome to Muse India">{{cite journal |last=Jhaveri |first=Dileep |author-link=Dileep Jhaveri| title=Celebrating Gujarati Prose | journal=[[Muse India]] | url=http://www.museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=56&id=5028 | access-date=2017-01-11 |issn= 0975-1815}}</ref> It was followed by Sharma's similarly exploratory novel, ''[[Swapnatirtha]]''.<ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George (writer)|author-link=K. M. George (writer)|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA141|access-date=11 January 2017|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=141}}</ref><ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA122|year=1996|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=122–}}</ref>

==Plot==
A couple, who have a mute, only-child, take a long journey to the [[Konark Sun Temple|Sun temple]] with the hope that the gift of speech is granted to their child. The trip is an attempt to appease their God. The mother is hopeful at the start of the journey, but the child is lost as the train pulls out of the final station before the destination. In an attempt to stop the train, the father raises his hand to pull the chain but hesitates before doing so. The story is written from the father's perspective, and the reader is only privy to his observations and reactions.<ref name="Rajan1989">{{cite book|author=P. K. Rajan|title=The Growth of the Novel in India, 1950-1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK3PpQWV51MC&pg=PA75|access-date=11 January 2017|year=1989|publisher=Abhinav Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7017-259-8|page=75}}</ref><ref name=AGSI>{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ (History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era)|first=Prasad|last=Brahmabhatt |publisher=Parshwa Publication|location=Ahmedabad|year=2010|pages=184–185|language=gu|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7}}</ref>

The novel is narrated in the first person, beginning with the family's departure and ending before the journey's completion.

==Theme==
The story reflects the predicament of a man of modern times.<ref name="KMGeorge1997">{{cite book|editor-last=George|editor-first=K. M.|editor-link=K. M. George (writer)|title=Masterpieces of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXFOAAAAYAAJ|volume=3|year=1997|publisher=[[National Book Trust]]|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-237-1978-8|page=1701}}</ref> The novel is centred on the theme of human consciousness. It delves into the complexity of thought and awareness as the family struggles to complete their journey.<ref name="Kendra2007">{{cite book|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra, Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust|page=404}}</ref> There is repeated mention of ennui and boredom in the novel.<ref name="KMGeorge1997"/>

==Reception==
[[Chandrakant Sheth]], a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] critic, considers the prose of the novel too [[Aristocracy|aristocratic]] in nature.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Talpada |first=Hasit |title=Aadhunik Navalkathanu Gadhya Ek Abhyas Suresh Joshi Madhuray Ravji Patel Radheshyam Sharma ni Mukhya Navalo ne Aadhare |chapter=Chapter 3: Radheshyam Sharmani Navalkathanu Gadya |publisher=[[Sardar Patel University]] |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/98020/7/07_chapter%203.pdf |access-date=17 January 2017|hdl=10603/98020}}</ref>

The name of this novel is referenced in the title of [[Suman Shah]]'s critical work ''Chandrakant Bakshi Thi Fero'' (1973).<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3946|access-date=12 January 2017|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=3946}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1968 novels]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language novels]]
[[Category:Fiction set in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Existentialist novels]]
[[Category:Modernist novels]]
[[Category:1968 Indian novels]]
[[Category:1968 debut novels]]
[[Category:Novels set on trains]]
[[Category:First-person narrative novels]]

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