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Jj

by Sundara Ramaswamy
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Original price ₹299.00
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780143422617
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 208
  • Original Price: INR 299.0
  • Language: N/A
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 150 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

Joseph James-or JJ-is dead. A famously outspoken figure in Malayali literature,his death is particularly mourned by Balu, a Tamil writer who endeavours topreserve the luminary's legacy by penning a biography of JJ. For this, Balu mustimmerse himself in the politicized and divisive Malayali literary world, where JJhas made quite a few enemies. Thus begins an enthralling novel of ideas,brimming with sharp wit and laced with satire, as Balu gathers his thoughts andexperiences to pay homage to JJ-only to discover that he might have bitten offmore than he can chew.An undisputed classic of modern Tamil fiction, JJ: Some Jottings remainsbitingly relevant and scathingly funny in its vision of a society where artisticintegrity is besieged by personal agendas. About the AuthorSundara Ramaswamy (1931-2005) was one of the most versatile and innovative of Tamil writers. A great modernist and a dazzling stylist, he wrote in many genres-poetry, novel, short story, play, personal essay and literary criticism-making real interventions in Tamil writing. Each of his three novels-Oru Puliamaratthin Kadhai (published in Penguin Classics asTamarind History), JJ: Sila Kuripuggal (published in Penguin Classics as JJ: Some Jottings) and Kuzhandaigal, Pengal, Aangal (published in Penguin Classics as Children, Women, Men)-is recognized as path-breaking, and he also edited and published a notable literary magazine,Kalachuvadu, which has become a forum for new writing and literary debate.

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