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Divided into three sections, In the Shade of the Sahyadri is a collection of the finest twentieth-century Malayalam poetry, short fiction, and drama in English translation.
The first section-Malayalam Poetry in the Twentieth Century-includes the works of renowned poets such as O.N.V. Kurup, K. Satchidanandan, and K. Ayyappa Paniker, among others. The second section-Malayalam Short Fiction in the Twentieth Century-includes short stories by some of the most representative figures in contemporary Malayalam literature, including Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, T. Padmanabhan, and Paul Zacharia. The last section-Malayalam Drama in the Twentieth Century-includes the play Kanchana Sita by C. N. Sreekantan Nair which captures one of the most intense and dramatic moments of the Ramayana story.
With introductions by two well-known bilingual academics, this book is designed as a primer for the study of regional literature.
Contents
PUBLISHER'S NOTE INTRODUCTION ; MALAYALAM POETRY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: ; 'A REQUIEM TO MOTHER EARTH' BY O.N.V. KURUP ; 'WHERE IS JOHN?' BY BALACHANDRAN CHULLIKKAD ; 'THE AUTOGRAPH TREE' BY VISHNU NARAYANAN NAMBOOTHIRI ; 'THE TEMPLE BELL' BY B. SUGATHA KUMARI ; 'HOW TO GO TO THE TAO TEMPLE' BY K. SATCHIDANANDAN ; 'SHANTA' BY KADAMMANITTA RAMAKRISHNAN ; 'THE STORY OF THE AXE' BY NALAPAT BALAMANI AMMA ; 'THE SON OF SAHYAN' BY VAILOPPILLI SREEDHARA MEMON ; 'LAY OF THE ANKLET' BY K. AYYAPPA PANIKER ; 'ADVENT' BY D. VINAYACHANDRAN ; MALAYALAM SHORT FICTION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: ; 'IN THE FLOOD' BY THAKAZHI SIVASANKARA PILLAI ; 'THE WORLD RENOWNED NOSE' BY VAIKOM MUHAMMAD BASHEER ; 'THE GIRL WHO SPREADS LIGHT' BY T. PADMANABHAN ; 'THE LAST SHOW' BY PAUL ZACHARIA ; 'WOODEN CRADLES' BY LALITHAMBIKA ANTHARJANAM ; 'SPECTRAL SPEECH' BY C. AYYAPPAN ; 'OROTHA AND THE SPIRITS' BY GRACY ; 'IN THE MOONLIT LAND' BY ASHITHA ; 'THE (POSTMODERN) STORY OF JYOTI VISHWANATH' BY CHANDRAMATHI ; 'THE VEIN OF MEMORY' BY K.R. MEERA ; MALAYALAM DRAMA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: ; 'KANCHANA SITA' BY C.N. SREEKANTAN NAIR ; GLOSSARY