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The Solitude of a Shadow
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| Author:
Devibharathi and N. Kalyan Raman
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When the nameless protagonist of The Solitude of a Shadow unexpectedly encounters Karunakaran after nearly three decades, he is overwhelmed by a hitherto-dormant urge to wreak vengeance upon this man who had molested his sister and abused him all those years ago. Devibharathi’s novel – his first to be translated into English – describes with painful clarity the poverty and isolation of obsession, while life flourishes all around the protagonist.
Written in his trademark sharp, clear-eyed style, it is also an astutely observed narrative of our society and its overlapping hierarchies of caste, wealth and power.
Superbly translated by N. Kalyan Raman, The Solitude of a Shadow shows us how treacherous and illusory the hunger for revenge can become – with unavoidable tragi consequences.
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When the nameless protagonist of The Solitude of a Shadow unexpectedly encounters Karunakaran after nearly three decades, he is overwhelmed by a hitherto-dormant urge to wreak vengeance upon this man who had molested his sister and abused him all those years ago. Devibharathi’s novel – his first to be translated into English – describes with painful clarity the poverty and isolation of obsession, while life flourishes all around the protagonist.
Written in his trademark sharp, clear-eyed style, it is also an astutely observed narrative of our society and its overlapping hierarchies of caste, wealth and power.
Superbly translated by N. Kalyan Raman, The Solitude of a Shadow shows us how treacherous and illusory the hunger for revenge can become – with unavoidable tragi consequences.
About Author
Devibharathi (b. 1957) was born and raised in a small village in western Tamil Nadu,
the second of five children in a schoolmaster's family. He has worked as a political
activist, government employee, journalist, managing editor of a leading literary
magazine, and scriptwriter for television programmes. During a writing career spanning
more than forty years, Devibharathi has published two collections of short stories, two
novellas, four novels, a play, and two non-fiction anthologies containing essays and
memoirs. Farewell, Mahatma, a collection of short stories in English translation, was
published in 2014. Nizhalin Thanimai, the original of The Solitude of a Shadow, is his
first novel. His fiction has received wide attention and praise from Tamil readers and
critics. He has received several awards, including the inaugural Tannaram Literary
Award in 2021, and the Kalaignar Porkizhi and Sahitya Akademi awards in 2023. He
lives and works in a village in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district.
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