Kocharethi

The Araya Woman
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-807988-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

First novel by the first tribal novelist of south India
Narayan, recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
First-time English translation
52 illustrations

Set in the 1930s, Kocharethi revolves around the Malayarayars, a tribe inhabiting the hilly terrains of mid-eastern Kerala. Drawing deeply from oral traditions to underscore the earthy tensions of an adivasi society, Narayan evokes Nature and the Great Spirits to unfold the Malayarayars' changing perceptions of land and its ownership, and documents a life system that is slowly fading into history.

Translated by Catherine Thankamma, this volume includes a detailed Introduction by G.S. Jayasree as well as an in-depth interview with the author. The accompanying illustrations bring to life the story of a community that has remained largely unheard outside Kerala.

Zielgruppe

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Narayan

Thankamma, Catherine

Jayasree, G S

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Indische & Dravidische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Editionen, Kritische Editionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author's Note
Translator's Note
Introduction
KOCHARETHI
An Interview with Narayan
Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Narayan
Narayan, recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, has published five novels and two collections of short stories. Kocharethi is his first novel. Catherine Thankamma is a translator, writer, and critic. She teaches English language in R.L.V. College of Music and Fine Arts, Cochin. G.S. Jayasree is Director, Centre for Women's Studies and Reader, Institute of English, University of Kerala.