ISBN 9789390514090|Paperback w/flaps|132 pages|2022|Zubaan Books
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ISBN 9789390514090|Paperback w/flaps|132 pages|2022|Zubaan Books
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Jealous of the ‘success’ of his hardworking farmhands, the rich farmer cuts off access to their land; a free gift won by a working-class family is appropriated by their rich employer who feels his status entitles him to such benefits, a teacher finds herself rendered speechless by the subtle, insidious ways in which caste operates around her, a pregnant woman dreams of clean toilets for her child. Hard hitting, often unrelenting, the twelve powerful stories in The Stomach that Chewed Hunger and Other Stories have been selected by Bama, a Dalit writer who broke new ground by speaking out publicly against caste discrimination, particularly in the Church. Written in everyday Tamil and in regional dialects, and skillfully translated by Ahana Lakshmi, the stories are firmly rooted in the twin experiences of caste and gender and upend much of the received wisdom about what counts as ‘good’ literature.
Editor
Bama
Translated by Ahana Lakshmi
Contributors: Nachiyal Suganthi, Aranga Mallika, Bama, Amutha Arathi, Puthiya Maadhavi, Revathi Muhil, P. Sivakami, Thenmozhi, Uma Devi
ISBN:
9789390514090
Binding:
Paperback w/flaps
Pages:
132
Year of Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Zubaan Books
Edition:
First
Condition:
New
Country of Origin:
India
About the Contributors
Bama is a celebrated contemporary dalit writer in Tamil. She has been in the forefront of feminist and anti-caste activism and has given dalit aesthetics tremendous visibility on the literary campus as well as at literature festivals in India and abroad. Bama’s writing offers compelling insights into human nature and her portraits of ordinary people and their everyday pleasures, rebellions and deceits are unforgettable. Her pathbreaking autobiographical novel Karukku won the Crossword Award in 2000 and is widely taught.
Ahana Lakshmi holds a PhD in Environmental Science and has been writing from a young age. She writes for children and is on the editorial board of Rashtra Deepika’s Children’s Digest.
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