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paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. To find her place in the world, Prema must not only leave her abusive husband and bring up her daughter on her own, she must also fight oppression at the workplace and form strong friendships with other women. Her struggles begin at birth, right from the unequal treatment she receives at home visa-vis her older brother, the casual attitude of her family towards her education because she is a girl, and the various challenges she faces at school, college and later as a working woman. This is equally a tale of hope, offering us new ways of being a woman and of Re-Thinking the self. It is a sharp critique of gender politics as it plays out both in the private, familial sphere as well as in the public sphere. Prema gives voice not just to her own story but also, by extension, to the stories of thousands of women of her generation, women who grew up in the heady years immediately following the formation of an independent Indian nation state. Embedded in the novel is the idea of freedom, both personal and political.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Sethu's novels and short stories have always straddled the worlds of the commonplace and the magical, keeping a fine balance. Long before magical realism became a buzzword, Sethu's stories took us to the supernatural in the most mundane situations. The stories in this collection unfold the worlds that are familiar, yet give us glimpses of strange shadows and lights just beyond our sight. Along with characters who drift between fantasy and the here and now, we have a common man like Munuswami, the protagonist of Jalasamadhi, who realizes that it is a bigger sin to induce someone to commit a crime than to commit a crime oneself. The characters who people Sethu's world take on layers of myth and legend, imagination and poetry but have one thing in common they are with us long after we have kept the book aside.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. M. Mukundan has been called the 'Writer of Mayyazhi' and some of his best-known works have as their background, Mayyazhi, that small area in Kerala which is still French at heart. And yet he spent a large part of his life in Delhi and a number of his powerful works are set in that place and speak of its people. Haridwaril Manikal Muzhangunnu came out in 1972 to loud acclaim and louder criticism. It spoke to the alienated youth of the late 1960s and early 1970s; and the criticism was because it seemed to glorify the use of drugs and a way of life that was considered immoral then. With Ramesh and Suja, we travel to ancient Haridwar where the Ganga came to earth, where the marks made by Bhageeratha's chariot wheels can still be seen and Bhima's sweat can still be tasted in the water of the pond dug by him. Ramesh finds himself unable to resist the call of the bells of Haridwar. The other two novellas take us back to Mayyazhi, the small piece of land where time has stood still for decades. Both the stories speak of the man of rectitude face to face with his baser instincts, his natural instincts. Meetheledath Ravunni is led astray by the sight of the girdle that encircles Savitri's slim waist and descends to an animal-like existence. As for Kunhikrishnan Thampuran, the honeyed skin of the oil-miller's wife reduces him finally to an innocence that is child-like, unselfconscious.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Vijaya Rajadhyaksha is one of the most celebrated women writers in Marathi. She has been writing for over fifty years. The twelve stories in this collection, originally written in Marathi between 1956 and 1998, explore a woman's relationship with society, with men, and most importantly with herself, and her search for her own identity as opposed to what the world invests her with. The questions that arise from the roles assigned to her, the possibilities that these roles throw up for her, the way in which her experience of all these undergoes a change in the flow of time, form the crux of her fiction. Delicately and sensitively the author describes the physical and mental world of a woman and how she balances the demands of one with the needs of the other. How the apparent conflict between the two is resolved, through a deep and profound understanding of the female body and a woman's mind, is a hallmark of Vijayabai's writing.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: 1. A Tale from Anandganj 2. Alka 3. Wish 4. Awake 5. Poetry on a Rainy Day 6. Duty-bound 7. Courtesy of the Rain 8. The Poetry of Sound 9. The Nuptial Bed 10. Second Birth 11. Cuckoos 12. The Cremation Ground 13. A Change of Mind 14. The Servant 15. Human Gems Goutam Das's Alka and other Stories add a new dimension to the short story as an art form. Most collections of short stories work by the interplay of different voices. This one offers the more satisfying rewards of a novel: the unity of tone and a richness of recurring details that creates its own texture. All the stories take place in parallel worlds, not so much remote from ordinary life as hidden within its surfaces: secret alleys that afford unexpected and unsettling views of men and manners. The author's portrayal of women characters calls for particular attention Salim's mother, Alka, and even Maitreyee, the invisible wife of Ritobrata. All their stories have wonderful surreal quality and a sombre, compassionate tone.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Set in the pre-Second world War decades in Tamil Nadu and considered among the best of Tamil novels, 'sembaruthi' is the story of an ordinary person, a shopkeeper, who is forced to give up studies at a young age after his brothers death, and to take up managing a small shop in a small town, and to take care of his own and his two brothers' families. Full of twists and turns, it is a family tale about how the protagonist faces life with its losses and gains, ups and downs, and emerges as a noble person. With three women living with him, who love him but also give him enough trouble, he navigates through family life with his wife, whom he loves and admires, and who stands by him through all his trials. He is witness to the freedom struggle and the corruption that seeped into public life in the post-Independence period, as well as the rising Communist movement in India. It is an intense and psychologically deep examination of the impact of sexuality on the inner lives of men and women. The protagonist's stream of consciousness examines the nuances, contradictions and ethical dilemmas; and poses the most daring question can a man allow two women to rule his heart..…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The ten stories in this collection cover different spaces and unravel many layers that Imayam so masterfully and effortlessly weaves into his narratives of social and gender inequalities in the midst of power play. A school boy, who is a terror for the warden, shows inclusiveness far mature for his age; the reality check in which politics is caught when the true worker gets lost in the background; the irony of the changing meaning of sex between the wife and her husband as the years go by; a mother's response to the pragmatic solution offered to her when her young son has been killed by his teacher's sexual abuse and she wants justice to be done; the resilience of a woman whose husband becomes a 'government corpse' in these Covid times are just some of the voices we hear through Imayam.…

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