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Chargement... Kocharethi: The Araya Woman (Oxford India Paperbacks)par Nārāyan
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Oxford University Press has (or had) a wonderful backlist of fiction by important (but virtually unknown in the USA) writers in various Indian languages. A month ago, for example, I read Gopinath Mohanty’s Paraja, a novel in Oriya about tribal lands in Orissa. This book is a Malayalam novel by an author said to be Kerala’s first “tribal novelist.” For anyone interested in such books, I’d urge you to look into this imprint. That said, this is an important work for many reasons but it’s not a great work of literature. It is a fascinating window into the culture, customs, and life of a particular tribe in the mountains of Kerala (in south India); the story line follows the decline and dissolution of a family after the death of the mother and the increasing dependence (and ultimate stranglehold) on the local moneylender. Unfortunately, the translation is not entirely fluent and the translator relies very heavily on retaining many local terms. Although words describing family relationships are quite important and help present the “feeling” of being there, some are footnoted, some are defined in a glossary, and some are never defined. It makes for very heavy going at times. The fascination of the community’s interpersonal ties and the substantial presence of local customs and the depiction of local life make for absorbing reading but pick this book up for those reasons, not because it’s a great literary achievement. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Set in the 1930s, Kocharethi revolves around the Malayarayars, a tribe inhabiting the hilly terrains of mid-eastern Kerala. Drawing deeply from oral traditions to underscore the earthy tensions of an adivasi society, Narayan evokes Nature and the Great Spirits to unfold the Malayarayars'changing perceptions of land and its ownership, and documents a life system that is slowly fading into history.Translated by Catherine Thankamma, this volume includes a detailed Introduction by G.S. Jayasree as well as an in-depth interview with the author. The accompanying illustrations bring to life the story of a community that has remained largely unheard outside Kerala. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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