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கருப்பு அம்பா கதை
நகரமும் பெருநகரமும் ஆதவனின் கதைக்களங்கள் மத்தியதர வர்க்க மனிதர்களே அவரது கதை மாந்தர்கள் இந்தக் களத்தில் அந்த மனிதர்கள் வாழ்வின் பொருட்டு மேற்கொள்ளும் செயல்களை சமரசமற்ற விமர்சனத்துடனும் அதே சமயம் பரிவுடனும் வெளிப்படுத்துபவை அவரது கதைகள் உண்மைகளுக்கும் மறைக்கப்படும் போலித்தனங்களுக்கும் பொய்மைகளுக்கும் ஒளிந்திருக்கும் நிஜங்களையும் பகிரங்கப்படுத்தும் கலைப்பார்வை அவருடையது. ஆதவனின் கதைகளிலிருந்து அவருடைய ஆளுமையை எடுத்துக்காட்டும் பதினாறு சிறுகதைகளைக் கொண்டது இத்தொகுப்பு.
The city and its expanse are where Aadhavan’s stories happen. Middle class come there to live as his characters. He is as empathetic as he is critical about their actions, and all the paths life drags them through. His eye is of an artist who can expose truth and falsity, hiding in each other. A collection of sixteen short stories, that also helps us understand Aadhavan’s excellence as a writer.
The city and its expanse are where Aadhavan’s stories happen. Middle class come there to live as his characters. He is as empathetic as he is critical about their actions, and all the paths life drags them through. His eye is of an artist who can expose truth and falsity, hiding in each other. A collection of sixteen short stories, that also helps us understand Aadhavan’s excellence as a writer.
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Aadhavan
24 books22 followersAlso known as ஆதவன் (Tamil).
Sundaram was born in Kallidaikurichi in Tirunelveli District and obtained his education in Delhi. He worked briefly for Indian Railways. Later he joined the National Book Trust of India as an assistant editor. He married Hema in 1976. He started his literary career as a writer of stories for children in the magazine Kannan. He wrote under the pseudonym Aadhavan (lit. The Sun). His most noted work was the novel En peyar Ramaseshan (lit. My name is Ramaseshan), which was translated into Russian by Vitaliy Furnika and sold over a hundred thousand copies. In 1987, he drowned while swimming in a river at Shringeri. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil posthumously for his collection of short stories Mudalil iravu varum (lit. First comes the night)
Sundaram was born in Kallidaikurichi in Tirunelveli District and obtained his education in Delhi. He worked briefly for Indian Railways. Later he joined the National Book Trust of India as an assistant editor. He married Hema in 1976. He started his literary career as a writer of stories for children in the magazine Kannan. He wrote under the pseudonym Aadhavan (lit. The Sun). His most noted work was the novel En peyar Ramaseshan (lit. My name is Ramaseshan), which was translated into Russian by Vitaliy Furnika and sold over a hundred thousand copies. In 1987, he drowned while swimming in a river at Shringeri. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil posthumously for his collection of short stories Mudalil iravu varum (lit. First comes the night)
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