Come back every Tuesday for a new set of five! This week we have a diverse set including Sandilyan, Kalki, Vikiraman, Sudhakar Kasturi and Charu Nivedita.
Yavana Rani by Sandilyan
The historical, whose title can be understood as 'Greek Queen', illustrates a love story set around 2000 years ago, during the period of Karikala Chola, involving the Commander-in-chief of the Chola Army.
Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki Krishnamurthy
The series comprising of five volumes, and over 2000 pages, translates to 'The Son of Ponni'. It depicts the early days of Arulmozhivarman who went on to become the great Chola emperor, Rajaraja Chola I. The book continues to be admired and garner critical acclaim for its tightly woven plot, vivid narration, the wit of the dialogue, and the portrayal of power struggles and intrigues.
Nandhipurathu Nayagi by Vikiraman
Written by Subarayar Vembu under a pseudonym, this novel is a sequel to his better-known contemporary and mentor Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan.
6174 by Sudhakar Kasturi
This science fiction novel begins in Lemuria, ends at Mexico City, and navigates through pyramids and puzzles through the way.
Zero Degree by Charu Nivedita
Translated as Zero Degree by Pritham K. Chakravarthy and Rakesh Khanna
With its mad patchwork of phone sex conversations, nightmarish torture scenes, tender love poems, numerology, mythology, and compulsive name-dropping of Latin American intellectuals, this novel stands out as a groundbreaking work of Tamil transgressive fiction that unflinchingly probes the deepest psychic wounds of humanity.
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