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“imayam”

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  • Vazhga Vazhga and Other Stories

    by Imayam ...
    Imayam is considered one of the most important Tamil writers today and this powerful collection of stories reveals just why that is. Whether he is depicting a lack of political morality in the novella Vazhga Vazhga, questioning whether religion unifies or divides in Tiruneeru Sami, or narrating his unique spin on Samban, a character from one our epics, Imayam’s unsparing gaze on society gently and ... Read more

    $3.16 USD

  • A Woman Burnt

    by Imayam ...
    Translated by GJV Prasad ...
    Revathi, an engineer, is besotted with Ravi, an auto driver, and marries him against her family’s wishes. As her life unravels, we are brought face-to-face with the realities of narrow-minded, small lives, where it remains impossible for people to rise above the societal chains that shackle them.The novel explores one’s helplessness and vulnerability in prose that is deceptively simple, it lays ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • An Order from the Sky and Other Stories

    by Imayam, Trans. Vasantha Surya ...
    A man offering curses and prayers, gifts and threats to his favourite deity before embarking upon a day of thieving...A woman in a packed bus, desperate to get home before her clothes are soaked with menstrual blood, but also determined to save a seat for a fellow woman...A loyal, ageing party worker, hoping to finally contest an election, but discovering instead the worm in the apple of democracy ... Read more

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  • Heartwreck

    by Imayam ...
    Translated by GJV Prasad ...
    In a small town in Tamil Nadu, mayhem ensues when English professor Sriranga Perumal is suddenly struck by romance.Sasikala is a much younger professor in a different college, but when an Orientation Course brings the two together, an unexpected affair blossoms. They exchange texts, long phone calls, and sweet nothings. But all is brought to a halt when these are inter-cepted by Sriranga’s wife, ... Read more

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