Place To Live: Contemporary Tamil Short Fiction

by Dilip Kumar, Vasantha Surya (Translator)

Innumerable strands of ethnic, regional and universal experiences are woven together in this collection of fine short fiction spanning 4 decades 1960 to 1990, in which the short story emerged as the definite genre of modern tamil literature.

Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Sneha Divakaran]

Interesting short stories of Tamil Nadu. Top notch translation.

[Mohammad Sabbir Shaikh]

A Place To Live is an anthology of contemporary Tamil short stories written between 1960 and 1990. Since I hadn't read Tamil fiction before, it was a good introduction to Tamil Literature for me. The stories such as The Chair by Ki Rajanarayanan, The Daughter-in-law's Vote by Krishnan Nambi, The Plastic-God Box by Ambai and the title story by Gopikrishnan stood out for me. Though I have finished reading this book, I don't think I will ever stop reading it. I think A Place To Live is a good place to start if you're interested in Tamil Literature.