Come back every Tuesday for a new set of five! This week we have Tiruvalluvar, Ki. Rajanarayanan, B. Jeyamohan, Prapanchan and Mu. Varadarajan.
Gopallapurathu Makkal by Ki. Rajanarayanan
The novel deals with the stories of multiple people living in the titular village, Gopalla, before the arrival of the British, and it portrays the migration of people escaping brutal kingdoms north of Tamil Nadu. Its sequel Gopallapurathu Makkal won the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Vishnupuram by B. Jeyamohan
His best-known and most critically acclaimed work is a fantasy set as a quest through various schools of Indian philosophy and mythology.
Kural by Tiruvalluvar
Translated as Kural by P. S. Sundaram
Tiruvalluvar, who probably lived and wrote between the second century BC and the eighth century AD, is known for Kural which comprises of 1,330 couplets, divided into three sections—virtue, wealth and love—and based on the first three of the four supreme aims prescribed by Hindu tradition—dharma (virtue), artha (wealth) and kama (love).
Vanam Vasappadum by Prapanchan
Translated as Beyond The Sky by P. Balasubrainanian
A Sahitya Akademi Award winning historical novel written by S. Vaidyalingam under his pen name, Vaanam Vasappadum, which literally translates to 'The Sky Will Be Ours', is set in the 18th century, the times of Ananda Ranga Pillai.
Agal Vilakku by Mu. Varadarajan
This Sahitya Akademi Award winning novel follows two friends whose beliefs take them their separate ways as they grow into adults.
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