Exploring themes of personal loss, sexuality, identity and selfhood, and a quest for meaning in a fluid world, this collection of short stories by Ambai articulates the real experience of women and communicates their silences in words and images. Ambai, one of the finest modern Tamil short-story writers, is much read, discussed and written about, and loved for the wit, innovative story-telling, and lyrical grace of her writing.Breaking traditional modes of expression in terms of language and content, Ina Forest, a Deer recounts the saga of Tangam Athai, whose husband remarried because she could not bear him a child and Chinthiru's journey to the forest alongside the mythological tale of Sita's exile to underscore Chinthiru's uniquesearch for self-identity. Winner of the Hutch Crossword Book Award 2006, thiscollection is an enduring testimony of the ideology and belief that Ambai's writings affirm-the needto know and be in touch with a stable or 'grounded' self that allows fluidityand change in modern times of travel, dislocation, and exile. INDICE: Author's Note Translator's Note Introduction Journey 1 Journey 2 One and Another Camel Ride Direction Glow First Poems Parasakti and Others in aPlastic Box Vaaganam In a Forest, a Deer Unpublished Manuscript A Saffron-coloured Ganesha on the Seashore A Rose-coloured Sari Woven with Birds And Swans Wrestling; A Rat, a Sparrow Journey 3 Forest A Movement, a Folder, some Tears Glossary
- ISBN: 978-0-19-808001-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 220
- Fecha Publicación: 26/01/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés