Khasakkinte Ithihasam, written by O. V. Vijayan and first published in Malayalam in 1969, is a landmark modernist novel in Indian literature that reshaped Malayalam fiction. Set in the fictive village of Khasak, the book blends realism, myth, lyrical prose, political undercurrents, and existential introspection to examine the lives, dreams, and spiritual crises of ordinary people amid decay and change.