The Betrayal and Other Stories

by Sivasankari

This book is a collection of Indian Tamil stories, which are written by Sivasankari. The contents The Betrayal; Sleepless-on a Butterfly's Wing; The First Sale; The Big Fight; Boredom; The Flow and the Ebb; Be with me Mommy; Madame Clean; Stepney; Thorn in the Bed; Septic; The Imperceptible Slip; Me and Mine; Stillborn; Squirrels and the Guava Fruit; A Big Dream and a Small Chisel.Sivasankari, a very popular Tamil writer, has brought out a collection of her stories translated into English. Her stories used to appear regularly in all tamil magazines once; her writing was considered modern, feminist and introspective. I think it was she who brought the word "manushi" into popular tamil writing and it was adopted by others like Indumati, Vaasanthi and Anuradha Ramanan.This collection called " Betrayal and other stories" contains stories written many years ago for magazines. The collection also has three witty tales based on keenly observed everyday occurances that are a pleasure to read. The translation has retained the flavour of the south Indian idiom.

230 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Sivasankari is an Indian author and activist who writes in Tamil. She is one of the four Tamil writers asked by the United States Library of Congress to record their voice as part of the South Asian article on Sivashankari.