One Part Woman

One Part Woman tells the story of Kali and Ponna, a South Indian couple perfectly content in their marriage, aside from one thing - they are unable to conceive. Both tender and bitingly critical, One Part Woman is a powerful tale of marriage formed and deformed by social custom and anxiety.

About the author

PERUMAL MURUGAN is one of India's most respected and highest selling literary writers, author of eleven novels and five collections each of short stories and poetry. He was born in rural Tamil Nadu, where he continues to live and work. He has twice been longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature for One Part Woman and The Story of a Goat, both of which are published by Pushkin Press.ANIRUDDHAN VASUDEVAN writes and translates between Tamil and English. His translations include One Part Woman, A Lonely Harvest, and Trial by Silence by Perumal Murugan, and A Night With a Black Spider by Ambai.

Summary

A vibrant fable of marriage, caste and social convention from an important Indian writer

Foreword

A vibrant fable of marriage, caste and social convention from an important Indian writer

Product details

• Authors: Perumal Murugan
• Assisted by: Laura Macaulay (Editor), Aniruddhan Vasudevan (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781782275466
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-546-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945)