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Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi: Aleph Book Company, 2021Description: 296ISBN:
  • 9789390652297
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823 VIJ
Summary: The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told showcases some of the best short fiction to emerge out of Tamil Nadu, dating from the last century to the present day. Two of the earliest stories included here are Subramania Bharati's 'The Story of a Crow Learning Prosody', a satirical tale about the exaltation of language and 'kalki' Krishnamurthy's 'The Governor's visit', about how bigwigs in little places pandered to the British rulers during the time of the Raj. While some stories in this volume wrestle with the idea of public justice, as in father Mark Stephen's 'Penance' and Sa. Kandasamy's 'the slaying of Hiranya', others, such as Ambai's 'Journey 4', hide secrets that could destroy lives and relationships if they are ever revealed
List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals for the Month of March 2023 - English Literature and Creative Writing
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Book Book Alliance School of Liberal Arts 823 VIJ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 31/12/2024 LA01227
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The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told showcases some of the best short fiction to emerge out of Tamil Nadu, dating from the last century to the present day. Two of the earliest stories included here are Subramania Bharati's 'The Story of a Crow Learning Prosody', a satirical tale about the exaltation of language and 'kalki' Krishnamurthy's 'The Governor's visit', about how bigwigs in little places pandered to the British rulers during the time of the Raj. While some stories in this volume wrestle with the idea of public justice, as in father Mark Stephen's 'Penance' and Sa. Kandasamy's 'the slaying of Hiranya', others, such as Ambai's 'Journey 4', hide secrets that could destroy lives and relationships if they are ever revealed

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