Vaadivaasal PB
The Arena
CS Chellappa(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
Will be published approx. in September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-0-19-013235-4 (ISBN)
Description
Vaadivaasal, a novella published in 1949, is considered as a modern literary classic in Tamil. It describes the events of an afternoon in Periyapatti, a village in southern Tamil Nadu, where a jallikattu-contest involving the traditional sport of bull taming-is under way. The novella opens with the arrival of bulls in the village from near and far, excitement and anticipation from the crowd of onlookers, and tales of past heroics being exchanged among the villagers.
The contest in a jallikattu is always between the bull tamer and a man of power, who is represented by the bull. Vaadivaasal is a masterful account not only of a traditional sport and the people who engaged in it, but also of the relations of power and how they played out in a bygone era. As a work
that captures the tremors of a life-and-death battle between man and animal, it is an outstanding achievement in the annals of Tamil prose fiction.
The contest in a jallikattu is always between the bull tamer and a man of power, who is represented by the bull. Vaadivaasal is a masterful account not only of a traditional sport and the people who engaged in it, but also of the relations of power and how they played out in a bygone era. As a work
that captures the tremors of a life-and-death battle between man and animal, it is an outstanding achievement in the annals of Tamil prose fiction.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
ISBN-13
978-0-19-013235-4 (9780190132354)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
CS Chellappa was a Tamil writer, journalist, literary critic and Indian independence movement activist. His novel 'Suthanthira Thagam' won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2001.
N Kalyan Raman is a bilingual translator and is best known for his English translations of the works of eminent Tamil modernist writer Ashokamitran. He has been translating Tamil fiction and poetry into English for the last two decades, for which he received the Pudumaipithan Award in 2017.
N Kalyan Raman is a bilingual translator and is best known for his English translations of the works of eminent Tamil modernist writer Ashokamitran. He has been translating Tamil fiction and poetry into English for the last two decades, for which he received the Pudumaipithan Award in 2017.
Author
Vaadivaasal: The ArenaVaadivaasal: The Arena, Writer
Translation
Vaadivaasal: The ArenaVaadivaasal: The Arena, Writer and Translator