R. Chudamani, Prabhar Sridevan

Seeing in the Dark

Short Stories by R. Chudamani

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Produktbeschreibung

In this collection of short stories, R. Chudamani reveals the battles fought by women in their daily lives and notes their different reactions and perspectives on life. The issues Chudamani raises are as prevalent in the present time as they were at the time she wrote these stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780199459674
• ISBN-10: 0199459673
• Artikelnr.: 47867599

Autorenporträt

R. Chudamani (1931-2010), though not formally educated, was a prolific writer in Tamil and English. She has to her credit over 500 short stories and 32 volumes of fiction. She began publishing in Tamil in 1954 and in English in 1962. She wrote on a variety of topics with a deep understanding of human nature. Prabha Sridevan is a former judge of the Madras High Court and the former chairman regularly in English and Tamil on issues of law and life. Seeing in of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board. She writes the Dark is her first translation.

Inhaltsangabe

Translator's Note
Introduction: Unfolding Wings of Thought in the Inner Air (by Prema Nandakumar)
Kinship Terms
A Trace of Envy
We Don't Know
That Fragile World
Bhuvana and the Star Sign
The Nagalinga Tree
Who Could Have Told Them?
Seeing in the Dark
Ascent to the Shrine
After Three Years
Growing Up, Growing Apart
A State of Mind
He Is Not in Town
The Downpour Outside
Nothing Ever Happens
Doctoramma's Room
TV Aunty
Heat and Rain
A Rainbow in Her Hands
Does Anyone Care?
Woman in the Dark
The Visitor
Doors Closed Forever
Neelayathakshi at Sixty
The Couple
The Fourth Stage of Life
Loss of a Crest Jewel by Ambai
About the Author and the Translator