Review
‘[A] simple story with a powerful undertow’, NEW YORK TIMES
‘An evocative novel . . . A superb writer’, INDIAN EXPRESS
‘Murugan is the most accomplished of his generation of Tamil writers’, CARAVAN
‘Infused with a sense of immediacy . . . Beautifully rooted in its setting’, OPEN
‘[An] extraordinary writer’, THE HINDU
About the Author
Perumal Murugan is the star of contemporary Tamil literature. An award-winning writer, poet and scholar, he has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success for his vast array of work. Some of his novels have been translated into English to immense acclaim, including Seasons of the Palm, which was shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize in 2005, and One Part Woman, his best-known work, which was shortlisted for the Crossword Award and won the prestigious ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman in 2015.
Aniruddhan Vasudevan is a performer, writer, translator and PhD student in anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. His much-lauded translation of Perumal Murugan’s One Part Woman has become an award-winning bestseller. He has also translated other works by Perumal Murugan to wide acclaim, including Pyre and Songs of a Coward: Poems of Exile.