O. V. Vijayan: The Critical Insider [Hardcover]

SECTION 1:?The World according to O.V. Vijayan: A Selection of His Writings?(a) ?Excerpts from Vijayans Novels?(b) Two Short Stories by Vijayan??(c) A Selection of Vijayans Non-fictional prose?(d) A selection of Vijayans Autobiographical Essays?SECTION 2:?The Emergence of a Modern Malayalam Classic: Essays on The Legends of Khasak?SECTION 3:?Vijayans Oeuvre as a Fictionist: Dissent, Terror, Grace and Beyond?SECTION 4:?Vijayan in the Twenty First Century?SECTION 5:?Vijayan in Translation?SECTION 6:?Vijayan the Cartoonist?SECTION 7:Vijayan as Seen by His Contemporaries?SECTION 8:?Vijayan in Conversation?SECTION 9:?Vijayan in Letters

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O.V. Vijayan (19302005) was an acclaimed Malayalam novelist, short story writer, cartoonist, translator, columnist, political analyst, and public intellectual. In a literary career spanning almost half a century, he published six novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eight volumes of non-fictional prose, three volumes of reminiscences, three volumes of cartoons, and four self-translations. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of O.V. Vijayans work by analysing his fictional and non-fictional works, cartoons, and columns, and situates him in the context of Malayalam literary culture and Indian literature at large.

The volume discusses themes such as the politics of everyday life; culture, religion, and the changing nature of Indian society; struggles of a writer and thinker; the idea of socialCÅ