71 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

A young man who doesn't want to lead a normal life, slips away from his home and understands humanity during his quest. The novel, which tells the story of a Hindu ashram, unequivocally describes its advantages and disadvantages. The protagonist of this novel, like any other man, strives to escape from the rules of life. But he finally realizes that the treasure of happiness he is after, actually resides within. This beautiful novel, questions...

Kanavu sirai' shares the endless sufferings of the Srilankan Tamils for more than 70 years, through many wars and violence. The wars destroyed the lives, hopes and dreams of the normal people, especially women, who lived in the island Naiyina theevu in North Srilanka. This story, doesn't stop with the description of the disasters of war. It also questions its morality and politics, which are implicitly involved. This novel is a narration by a ...

This is the fourth Novel from renowned writer translator Nagarathinam Krishna. The title and theme of the novel are inspired from Kafka's short story Investigations of a dog and the novelist's visit to Kafka's house in Prague. The novel is comprised of journeys made by its characters both inwards and outwards. The stories start from Puducherry, Yaazpanam and through France end up at the Czech republic. We are all running behind materialistic o...

Would putting a finger through fire give one any pleasure? Thee narrates the life story of a person, who at different stages of his life puts himself through flame-like situations more than once during different scenarios. A few of those incidents turned out be failures and a few gave him delusional victories, the effects of which later burnt his life to ashes. At the end of reading the novel, one gets a strong impression that, "A fire, which ...

This novel by Sureshkumara Indrajit is a fictional exploration of the Madurai temple entry movement, dealing with its historical background, context and consequences. It depicts Ambika's love, women's struggle for social advancement and the period of turmoil with great finesse. An enchanting blend of fiction, history and reality, this novel marks another foray into Sureshkumara Indrajit's literary realm.

Na

Though this novel speaks about war, it is not entirely based on it. It is a story of a family, which travels through 60 years of various emotions and torments of life. It is set in the early twentieth century, during which the entire world was going through various changes. It was the time when colonial rule was at its peak and people were striving to oppose it. All these changes and their impacts are narrated from the perspective of a family....

The natural attraction between a woman and a man is one of the basic aspects of human life. It is the nectar of life. However, caste and religion has been poisoning this nectar. Religious antagonism does not tolerate inter-religious love and ruins it. The unblemished romances of young minds are devastated by the reactionary religious attitude. Religious extremists view such love as a war against their religion. Thiruvalluvar says love cannot b...

The novel narrates the life of Lalitha, a woman who was widowed at an early age due to the practice of child marriage, which has long affected the lives of children in the Indian social system. The novel, narrated as first person account of the protagonist, provides us with the portraits of some important historical characters and events. Suresh Kumara Indrajith depicts Lalitha's inner conflicts along with a critical view of social issues in t...

Ponnagaram portrays a Chennai unknown to many, sheds light on the grey areas of north Chennai that people accustomed to mainstream expressions are unaware of. The rules of this world might be strange to them. The novel portrays its protagonists reasonings and virtues from their perspective. It questions who are, why they are 'criminals' and what is 'crime'. It takes us on a journey through Chennai's labyrinthine lanes, talks of the reality and...

Bharatavas (fishermen community) are among the ancient inhabitants of Tamil. Although there are countless references in the classical literature, there are very few works on them in the modern literature. This novel comes as an answer to this shortcoming of modern literature. It depicts the lives and culture of Bharatavas with minutest details and literary brilliance. Time and death act as the driving forces behind this novel, which unfolds th...

The novel encourages are to realize the limits of rational thinking. It highlights the limits and limitations of scientific views, which stand as a proof of modernism. It searches and finds solutions for the puzzles and hassles of life beyond the limits of rationalism. They are presented not as a universal solution rather as a personal experience. In this aspect, it finds a unique place among Ashokamitran's novels. Aravindan

A novel written as the diary notes of Anandhi - a Tamil teenager living in Berlin, capturing moments of an year's time. As a Srilankan Tamil family in Berlin, the ways in which they retain their cultural aspects and at the same time adapt to the German situation is portrayed. Po. Karunaakaramurthy, the renowned short story writer has already written two memoirs on his Berlin experiences. Yet, he manages to give us a new perspective in this work.

When it first came out in 1992 Bama's first novel 'Karukku' shook many who were writing fiction. Karukku with its inherent attributes of a Classic deserves to be republished every decade as a classic edition. For we forget history easily. It has been easy for us to forget the lives of dalits and struggles of women. To disturb the sleep of those who act like heart disturbing things do not exist, to knock them with troubles and to tear open thei...

Wellington is a small town created by the British during 1852-1868 for their military purposes. The novel searches through the lives of the unknown inhabitants of this town. In a way, it reflects the history of a small place. The story revolves around a boy who understands in his teenage period, the town, its people, and the times in which he lives.

Whether the river Kamba existed or not, now there is a small Mandapam marking its existence. There is some water below the mandapam. This is the image gets enhanced as a novel. A lot of people keep coming into this novel. They are set apart just as the current of the river sets aside many of its floats on the banks. But the magic of this writing is wonderful in bringing into our minds the effects of their travelling through the river. The nove...

The story, which is set against the backdrop of a mysterious discovery in a secluded church in the hills of Kodaikanal - in nineteenth-century British India - and the strange disappearance of the notes written about it, underscores the power and politics behind the collection of knowledge. To stop a Western physician from stealing other people's thoughts, a woman who has sacrificed her unique fantasies to theft joins someone who has lost their...

This novel revolves around the social movement of caste in the environment of Tamil Nadu and the rituals, customs and untouchability it celebrates. In the background of his migration to Tamil Nadu in the early eighties, the narrator deals with the murders that occurred in the caste stratum and examines it in his way. This novel unfolds like an investigation in which puzzles slowly gets solved. The memories and views of people outside Tamil Nad...

Natchathiravaasigal or the Residents of Stars is a new novel by Karthik Balasubramanian, that portrays the life of a generation working in Information Technology companies, whose lives are exoticised by those outside the bubble. Like any new change this boom has brought with itself many complexities and confusions, and the insecurity present in jobs, families, society is among the most obvious of them. The novel speaks of how men are still anc...

The realm of this novel is the gamble of coincidences. The majority of events happen by coincidence, knots unravel quite easily. The characters are unorthodox and non-conservative. On one side, a mystical character sets up a story of their own. The historical puzzle of Indian psychology runs through that story. The novel offers different possibilities for the reader, in their space.