Thanks for this Venkatesh. Seconding Poonachi by Perumal Murugan, and adding two more by the same author. One Part Woman Songs of a Coward The latter is a book of poems he wrote while he was in exile/on the run from Hindu fundamentalists. It was a pleasure to hear him recite poems from the book at a Lit Fest.
Parva by SL Bhyrappa (Kannada) The Aayakudi Murders by Indra Soundar Rajan (pulp fiction Tamizh) ~ashwin > On 06-Mar-2022, at 09:39, Jitendra Vaidya via Silklist > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would like to suggest two translations from Marathi I recently heard > about. I have read the originals in Marathi and loved them both for > different reasons. I have heard that the quality of translations (both > by Jerry Pinto) is high: > > Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar > (https://www.amazon.in/Cobalt-Blue-Sachin-Pinto-Kundalkar/dp/0670086843) > Baluta by Daya Pawar > (https://www.amazon.in/Baluta-Daya-Pawar-ebook/dp/B0106UIUEG) > > -Jiten > >> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 9:41 PM Alok Prasanna Kumar via Silklist >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ooh for Malayalam - Randamoozham translated as Bhima: Lone Warrior by Gita >> Krishnankutty. Also Aadujeevitham by Benyaman translated as "Goat Days". >> From Bengali, Manoranjan Byapari's "Interrogating My Chandal Life" (his >> autobiography tr by Sipra Mukherjee) and "There's Gunpowder in the Air" (tr >> Arunava Sinha) >> There's of course a tonne of Premchand and Manto's stuffs to read from >> Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani (pick as per political preference) but personally I >> recommend "Curfew in the City" by VN Rai (tr CM Naim). It's fiction but it's >> so close to fact that you'd think you're walking through an actual riot hit >> city and talking to its inhabitants. >> >>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 8:45 PM Thaths via Silklist >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 6:38 AM Venkatesh H R via Silklist >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thaths’ previous thread made me think: I would very much like to read at >>>> least one translated book from each Indian language that has a written >>>> literature. >>>> >>>> Can you give me a list of books to read, along with the languages + >>>> translated versions? Either fiction and non fiction will do. >>> >>> >>> +1. Good idea! I am usually wary of books translated from Indian languages >>> into English because, in my experience, the quality of translation was >>> lacking. But I have read some really good translations recently and I >>> believe the trend is changing for the better. >>> >>> Two books come to mind for me: >>> >>> 1. The Eighteenth Parallel by Asokamitran (translated from Tamil) >>> >>> 2. Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag (translated from Kannada by Srinath >>> Perur) >>> >>> The Sahitya Akademy's list of award winners (if you can find those books in >>> translation) is also a good place to begin. >>> >>> Thaths >>> -- >>> Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? >>> Carl: Nuthin'. >>> Homer: D'oh! >>> Carl: Unless you're crooked. >>> Homer: Woo-hoo! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Silklist mailing list >>> Manage your membership here: >>> https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ >> >> >> >> -- >> Alok Prasanna Kumar >> Advocate >> Ph: +919560065577 >> _______________________________________________ >> Silklist mailing list >> Manage your membership here: >> https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ > _______________________________________________ > Silklist mailing list > Manage your membership here: > https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ _______________________________________________ Silklist mailing list Manage your membership here: https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/
