கெட்ட வார்த்தை [Ketta varthai]

by Charu Nivedita

சாரு நிவேதிதா தனது அன்றாட வாழ்வில் எதிர்கொண்ட அபூர்வ தருணங்களையும் அபத்த கணங்களையும் பின்புலமாகக் கொண்டவை இந்தக் கட்டுரைகள். அவை ஒரு தமிழ் எழுத்தாளனாக வாழ்வதன் ஸ்திதியை ஒரு அபத்த நாடகம் போல் விவரிப்பவை. இந்த அபத்த நாடகத்தில் பங்கேற்க வரும் ஒவ்வொருவரையும் பற்றி அங்கதம் மிகுந்த சித்திரங்களை சாரு நிவேதிதா இந்த நூலில் உருவாக்குகிறார்

351 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2019

About the author

Charu Nivedita is a postmodern, transgressive Tamil writer, based in Chennai, India. His novel Zero Degree was longlisted for the 2013 edition of the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. Zero Degree was inducted into the prestigious '50 Writers, 50 Books - The Best of Indian Fiction', published by HarperCollins. Vahni Capildeo places Charu Nivedita on par with Vladimir Nabokov, James Joyce and Jean Genet, in her article in the Caribbean Review of Books. He was selected as one among 'Top Ten Indians of the Decade 2001 - 2010' by The Economic Times. He is inspired by Marquis de Sade and Andal. His columns appear in magazines such as Art Review Asia, The Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle.

Reviews

[Arvind Srinivasan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The curiosity on getting to know the day to day happenings on a writers life is what made me pick the book. But taking the book without having read books of the writer is a gap that I didnt anticipate. But never the less now knowing the person and his thoughts has now made me form a perspective which I am going to check by reading some of his popular books going forward. Lets see how it works.

The book is like a diary of a writer, his anger, feelings, beliefs and thoughts is well portrayed here. It may have lot of things which may or may not fall in your area of interest but still never the less, the point of view that the person speaks helps us understand the struggle that a normal person and being a popular writer will go through day in and out.

A different book. I liked it and it kindled me to have a wish to write a diary, may be you might also try to get something like that on reading this book. Go for it, if you like the genre or like the writer.

[Mo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the same kind as "puthiya excel". Charu's life experiences or diary notes are composed in an interesting manner. Interesting enough to keep you engaged. But sometimes you feel like the author talks too much about himself! You could give a try.