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Pyre / Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.
Saroja and Kumaresan, a young married couple, return to Kumaresan's family village where they hope to build a happy life. But they have a dangerous secret: Saroja is from a different caste than Kumaresan, and if the villagers find out, they will both be in danger. Will they--and their marriage--survive?
Record details
- ISBN: 0802159338
- ISBN: 9780802159335
- Physical Description: 202 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Black Cat, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Tamil as Pookkuzhi by Kalachuvadu Publication Pvt. Ltd, Nagercoil in 2013"--Title page verso. "English translation copyright © 2016 by Aniruddhan Vasudevan" -- Verso. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Tamil. |
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| Subject: | Newlyweds > Fiction. Caste-based discrimination > Fiction. Social classes > India > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Conner Regional Library | FIC PERUMALMURUGAN | 111419 | FICTION | Available | - |
Perumal Murugan is one of Indiaâs most well-known literary writers. He has written eleven novels and five collections each of short stories and poetry. His novels One Part Woman and The Story of a Goat were both longlisted for the National Book Award for Translation, and One Part Woman also won the prestigious ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman for writing in Indian languages and the Translation Prize from Indiaâs National Academy of Letters.
Aniruddhan Vasudevan writes and translates between Tamil and English. He is currently a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows and Lecturer in Anthropology and the Humanities Council (2020-2023), Princeton University.