A Place To Live - Contemporary Tamil Short Fiction

Author: Dilip KumarEditor(s): Dilip Kumar / Vasantha SuryaPublisher: PenguinYear: 2004Language: EnglishPages: 277ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143031597 DescriptionInnumerable strands of ethnic, regional and universal experiences are woven together in this collection of fine short fiction spanning four decades - 1960-1990-in which the short story emerged as the definitive genre of modern Tamil literature. Twenty-nine famous names are represented here-from Rajanarayanan to Paavannan and many others who have encapsulated the joys, sorrows, and peculiar challenges of life in Tamil Nadu.Taken together, these stories represent a certain world view in which old ideas of honour and prestige, and the attitude of resignation-to fate and to social hierarchies-are yielding place to an ethic of struggle and strategic compromise. The language itself is transformed in the process, churning up a new idiom that loses none of its freshness or vitality in translation.REVIEWSPerfect Tamil flavour, Dilip Kum