Check back every Thursday for a new set of five! Today we have K. R. Meera, T. P. Rajeevan, Kakkanadan, N.S. Madhavan and S. Harsh.
Aarachaar by K.R. Meera
Set in Bengal, it tells the story of a family of executioners with a long lineage, beginning in the fourth century BC. The protagonist of the novel, Chetna, is a strong and tenacious woman who struggles to inherit this profession. The novel won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, went on to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award, and was also shortlisted for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha by Thachom Poyil Rajeevan
Translated as Undying Echoes of Silence by Rajeevan
In the 1950s, Manikyam, a young Thiyya girl, comes from the neighbouring village to Paleri in Kerala as the wife of Pokkan, the assistant sorcerer of the village. She is found dead a few days after her marriage, but nobody is convicted. Around 50 years later, a detective living in New Delhi, sets out on a journey to Paleri, his birth place, hoping to solve this mystery.
Jappana Pukayila by Kakkanadan
A Sahitya Akademi Award winning collection of short stories. His works broke away from neo-realism, which dominated Malayalam literature through the 1950s and 1960s, and he is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism.
Higuita by N. S. Madhavan
A Sahitya Akademi Award winning collection of short stories, the first of which is Higuita, one of his most famous works, wherein he models his protagonist, Father Geevarghese, on René Higuita, the 1990 FIFA World Cup goalkeeper for Colombia and his unconventional playing style.
Meesha by S. Hareesh
Translated as Moustache by Jayasree Kalathil
A contemporary classic mixing magic, myth and metaphor into a tale of far-reaching resonance, Meesha traces the story of Vavachan, whose people were traditionally banned from growing facial hair, after he refuses to shave off his moustache that he had grown out for a role in a musical drama.
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