A Novel Of Hope, Resilience and Human Dignity
S Thillainayagam
BY THE SEA (KADALPURATHIL) by By Vanna Nilavan. Translated from the original Tamil by G. Geetha Vitasta & Tamil Nadu Textbook Corporation, Tamil Literature in Translation Series, 2023, 240 pp., INR 425.00
January 2024, volume 1, No January 2024, volume 48, No 1

The ancient Tamil poetry of the Sangam Era is a significant contribution of the Tamils to world literature. More or less two millennia later, the contributions of the Tamil novelists and short story writers to these youngest literary genres are equally remarkable.

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