Perumal Murugan

Perumāḷmurukan̲

Aniruddhan Vasudevan

All of Kali and Ponna's efforts to conceive a child - from prayers to penance, potions to pilgrimages - have been in vain. Despite being in a loving and sexually satisfying relationship, they are relentlessly hounded by the taunts and insinuations of the people around them. In the end, all their hopes and apprehensions come to converge on the chariot festival in the temple of the half-female god Ardhanareeswara and the revelry surrounding it. Everything hinges on the one night when rules are relaxed and consensual union between any man and woman is sanctioned. This night could end the couple's suffering and humiliation. But it will also put their marriage to the ultimate test. Acutely observed, One Part Woman lays bare with unsparing clarity a relationship caught between the dictates of social convention and the tug of personal anxieties. Widely acclaimed in the original Tamil, this novel vividly conjures on intimate and unsettling portrait of marriage, love and sex. Praise for Perumal Murgan 'The Tamil Irvine Welsh.' Guardian 'Murugan's insights about relationships spread throughout his work like flashes of lightning.' Kalachuvadu 'Powerful . . . lyrical.' The Hindu Translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan

One Part Woman

Poonachi, Or, the Story of a Black Goat

Murugan Perumal

A literary masterpiece (translated from the Tamil) that opens a door to the poignant world of India's 'untouchables'.

Seasons of the Palm

All of Kali and Ponna's efforts to conceive a child - from prayers to penance, potions to pilgrimages - have been in vain. Despite being in a loving and sexually satisfying relationship, they are relentlessly hounded by the taunts and insinuations of the people around them. Ultimately, all their hopes and apprehensions come to converge on the chariot festival in the temple of the half-female god Ardhanareeswara and the revelry surrounding it. Everything hinges on the one night when rules are relaxed and consensual union between any man and woman is sanctioned. This night could end the couple's suffering and humiliation. But it will also put their marriage to the ultimate test. Acutely observed, One Part Woman lays bare with unsparing clarity a relationship caught between the dictates of social convention and the tug of personal anxieties, vividly conjuring an intimate and unsettling portrait of marriage, love and sex.

Arttanāri

Pūkkul̲i

Ālavāyan̲

Nilal murram

Novel depicting the customs related to Arthanareeswarar temple in Tiruchengodu, Tamil Nadu and also on procreation.

Arddhanārīśvaran

Poonachi Or the Story of a Black Goat

Written in a spare, swift style that mimics the rapid images and cuts of cinema, Current Show leads into the murky twilight world of the dispossessed.

Perumāḷmurukan̲

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