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Anthill Hardcover – 15 January 2023
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Bounded by dense Kodagu forests on the south and west, and rivers on the north and east, Perumbadi, at the border between Kerala and Karnataka, has hidden itself from the world. Its very isolation has attracted varied settlers from south Kerala over the years. The first settler on this land, Kunji Varkey, was fleeing the opprobrium of getting his own daughter pregnant. Those who followed had similar shameful secrets.
Anthill, the exquisite translation from the Malayalam of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi-winning novel Puttu, is the story of common people who tried to wriggle out of the shackles of family, religion and other restraining institutions, but eventually also struggle to civilize themselves-from their beginnings of a hillbilly existence and life as a promiscuous community.
As Perumbadi moves into modernity and feels the need for refined justice, Jeremias comes to be known by the moniker President and becomes the unchallenged adjudicator of Perumbadi, thanks to his equanimity and sense of fairness. However, even as he resolves local disputes, he is troubled by developments in his own home and by his own moral failure.
One of the most promising young writers in Malayalam, Vinoy Thomas, in his bestselling second novel, deploys dark humour to question the moral codes that bind society. Ultimately, this is also a story about the human race.
- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherVintage Books
- Publication date15 January 2023
- Dimensions20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- ISBN-100143458655
- ISBN-13978-0143458654
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About the Author
NANDAKUMAR K. started his career as a subeditor at Financial Express after obtaining a master's degree in economics. Following a career in international marketing and general management, which has taken him to around fifty countries in the world, he now works for a shipping line in Dubai. He has co-translated from the Malayalam M. Mukundan's novel Delhi: A Soliloquy. He has also translated a short-story collection by Indu Menon, titled The Lesbian Cow, and has retold a selection of stories from the Kathasaritsagara in English (due in 2021). Nandakumar is the grandson of Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon.
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- Publisher : Vintage Books (15 January 2023)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0143458655
- ISBN-13 : 978-0143458654
- Item Weight : 520 g
- Dimensions : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
- Country of Origin : India
- Best Sellers Rank: #148,837 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12,852 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)
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