Sand and Other Stories

Author: AshokamitranTranslator: N Kalyan Raman / Gomathi NarayananPublisher: Orient LongmanYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 133ISBN/UPC (if available): 8125022686 DescriptionWritten with the deepest empathy for women trapped by an almost absolute lack of resources - financial, intellectual, emotional - these stories by Ashokamitran have all the identifiable characteristics of his writing - irony, interiority, sensitivity.The narrative in all three novellas - Sand, Malati, Those Two - moves in a series of short scenes, building tension with a relentless layering of detail. The exploitation of the women (Sarojini, her mother, Malati, Dhanam, Vaala), and their daily struggle against it lies exposed in all its terrifying ordinariness.TRANSLATORS:N KALYAN RAMAN, a senior telecom professional, took up translation in the mid-90s. His translation of short stories has been included in several collections of Indian language fiction in translation, including Southern Harvest and Katha prize st