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The author handles myriad complexities with sophistication, creating an evocative, even haunting, work. His bestknown novel one part woman was longlisted for the inaugural national book award for translation, and it won the prestigious ilf samanvay bhasha samman for writing in indian languages and the translation prize from indias national. Selling over 100,000 copies in india, where it was published first in the original tamil and then in a celebrated translation by penguin india, perumal murugan s one part woman has become a cult phenomenon in the subcontinent, captivating indian readers and jumpstarting conversations about caste and female empowerment. He paints a bucolic yet sometimes menacing portrait, showing movingly how danger and deception can threaten the lives of the weakest through the story of a helpless young. Review of one part woman by perumal murugan sharanya. The human and the nonhuman in perumal murugans one part woman.
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