In a Forest, a Deer

Stories by Ambai
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-808001-5
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 213 mm x 142 mm, Gewicht: 218 g

Ambai, one of the finest modern Tamil short-story writers, is much read, discussed and written about, and loved for the wit, innovative story-telling, and lyrical grace of her writing.

Breaking traditional modes of expression in terms of language and content, In a Forest, a Deer recounts the saga of Tangam Athai, whose husband remarried because she could not bear him a child and Chinthiru's journey to the forest alongside the mythological tale of Sita's exile to underscore Chinthiru's unique search for self-identity. Winner of the Hutch Crossword Book Award 2006, this collection is an enduring testimony of the ideology and belief that Ambai's writings affirm-the need to know and be in touch with a stable or 'grounded' self that allows fluidity and change in modern times of travel, dislocation, and exile.

Zielgruppe

General readers as well as students and scholars of Indian writing, comparative literature, and translation, cultural, and gender studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ambai

Holmstrom, Lakshmi

Holmström, Lakshmi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Indische & Dravidische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author's Note
Translator's Note
Introduction
Journey 1
Journey 2
One and Another
Camel Ride
Direction
Glow
First Poems
Parasakti and Others in a Plastic Box
Vaaganam
In a Forest, a Deer
Unpublished Manuscript
A Saffron-coloured Ganesha on the Seashore
A Rose-coloured Sari Woven with Birds And Swans
Wrestling; A Rat, a Sparrow
Journey 3
Forest
A Movement, a Folder, some Tears
Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Ambai is a Tamil writer, historian, and independent researcher in women's studies. Widely regarded as one of the most original contemporary Indian writers, she is the author of seven books of fiction, many of which are available in English translation.

Lakshmi Holmström is a leading translator and literary critic, with eighteen books to her credit. Her critical articles and reviews have appeared in several journals in India, Europe, and the USA.