Apeetha
Price: 495.00
ISBN:
9780199454129
Publication date:
15/12/2014
Paperback
180 pages
185x125mm
Price: 495.00
ISBN:
9780199454129
Publication date:
15/12/2014
Paperback
180 pages
La. Sa. Ramamirtham, Padma Narayanan, Mini Krishnan
Set against the backof the hills of Karadimalai, this is a unique tale of estrangement, nostalgia, and desire. Ambi, the protagonist, returns to his village after decades to confront a past from which he had escaped as a boy. An encounter with Apeetha, the daughter of his long-lost love, causes in him an emotional turmoil that nearly destroys his balance. At the centre of this outstanding work is love, the lack of it and the difference its presence makes.
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La. Sa. Ramamirtham, Padma Narayanan, Mini Krishnan
Description
In the shadow of Karadimalai and its presiding deity, La.Sa. Ramamirtham weaves a world in which dream and reality share the same lyrical quality. Middle-class Brahmin values and norms set the context for this tale of estrangement, nostalgia, and desire. An impoverished Ambi flees his drab village abandoning Sakunthala, whom he loved dearly. Middle-aged, rich, and married to his employer’s only daughter, Ambi returns for a short visit and comes face to face with his past—Apeetha, Sakunthala’s daughter and her living image. Powerful sensations nearly destroy Ambi’s balance as he encounters, again and again, the life he cannot reclaim. At the centre of this outstanding work is love, the lack of it and the difference its presence makes.
La. Sa. Ramamirtham, Padma Narayanan, Mini Krishnan
Table of contents
About the Author and the Translator
La. Sa. Ramamirtham, Padma Narayanan, Mini Krishnan
Description
In the shadow of Karadimalai and its presiding deity, La.Sa. Ramamirtham weaves a world in which dream and reality share the same lyrical quality. Middle-class Brahmin values and norms set the context for this tale of estrangement, nostalgia, and desire. An impoverished Ambi flees his drab village abandoning Sakunthala, whom he loved dearly. Middle-aged, rich, and married to his employer’s only daughter, Ambi returns for a short visit and comes face to face with his past—Apeetha, Sakunthala’s daughter and her living image. Powerful sensations nearly destroy Ambi’s balance as he encounters, again and again, the life he cannot reclaim. At the centre of this outstanding work is love, the lack of it and the difference its presence makes.
Table of contents
About the Author and the Translator
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