Saroja and Kumaresan are in love. After a hasty wedding, they arrive in Kumaresan s village, harbouring the dangerous secret that their marriage is an intercaste one, likely to anger the villagers should they learn of it. Kumaresan is confident that all will be well. He naively believes that after the initial round of curious questions, the inquiries will die down and the couple will be left alone. But nothing is further from the truth. The villagers strongly suspect that Saroja must belong to a different caste. It is only a matter of time before their suspicions harden into certainty and, outraged, they set about exacting their revenge. With spare, powerful prose, Murugan masterfully conjures a terrifying vision of intolerance in this devastating tale of innocent young love pitted against chilling savagery.

Pyre

Literature & Fiction

Perumal Murugan

Aniruddhan Vasudevan (Trans.)

Genre Fiction

Penguin/Hamish Hamilton

One Part Woman

Penguin

Contemporary

Pushkin Press

Ill-paid and always tired, Sathi, a young soda-seller, finds relief from the tedium of the everyday in marijuana and his friends—-vulnerable, desperate young men who work around a movie theatre. This is life lived in the shadows of show business, sustained by a petty and tiring commerce in sex and money.Stylishly written in a manner that mimics the rapid cuts and forward movement of Indian cinema.

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Tara Books

<div> Translated from the Tamil, Seasons of the Palm tells the story of an "untouchable" lad in bondage to a paternal yet powerful landlord. He struggles to keep a fragile happiness, but endless work and a stubborn hunger are never too far away. Relentless in its portrayal of the everyday humiliations of untouchablility, the novel is yet lyrical in its evocation of the grace with which the oppressed come to terms with their dark fate. </div>

Seasons of the Palm

U.Ve.Sa panmuga aalumaiyin pearuruvam (Tamil Edition)

Kalachuvadu Publications Pvt Ltd

Out in the Moonlight

Tulika Publishers

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Poonachi Alladhu Oru Vellattin Kathai (Tamil Edition)

Teen & Young Adult

Kalachuvadu Pathipagam

Kaali and Ponna s love for each other could make any other couple jealous. Living in blissful harmony, there was only one flaw in their otherwise perfect lives they were unable to conceive a child, even though they had tried everything from religious to medicinal remedies. Finally, their only hope seemed to lie in the one night during the chariot festival in the temple of Ardhanareeshwara, the half-female god, when rules were relaxed and consensual union between any man and woman was sanctioned. While this night could end the couple's suffering and humiliation, it would also put their marriage to the ultimate test.

Nar Nareeshwar (Hindi Edition)

Harper Hindi

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