Father May Be an Elephant, and Mother Only a Small Basket, But... - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gogu Shyamala, Diia Rajan (Translator), A. Sunnetha (Translator)Publish date:2022-03-31Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tilted Axis PressISBN-13:9781911284741ISBN-10:1911284746UPC:9781911284741Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Short Stories (single author), World LiteratureBook Topic:IndiaSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCPB55SGRS
Father May Be an Elephant, and Mother Only a Small Basket, But...
Dalit feminist stories of a south Indian village that dissolve the borders of realism, allegory and political fable. A young girl is sent away to school to save her from being declared the sexual property of the village's upper-caste men. The village water tank laments to a passing child. A Brahmin boy is considered 'polluted' by the touch of a Dalit girl - the same action that saved his life....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tilted Axis PressISBN-13:9781911284741ISBN-10:1911284746UPC:9781911284741Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Short Stories (single author), World LiteratureBook Topic:IndiaSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCPB55SGRS
Born in 1969 in Peddemul village, Gogu Shyamala is a philosopher, poet and prolific story writer working in the Telugu language. Hailed as a landmark in Telangana Dalit literature, Father May Be An Elephant... is her first collection, and has also been published in German translation. She has alsoedited a collection of Telangana Madiga poetry, and works on biographies of significant Dalit female...
Publisher: Tilted Axis Press
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Gogu Shyamala, Diia Rajan (Translator), A. Sunnetha (Translator)
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