Sundara Kaandam

Author: Jayakanthan
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): K S Subramanian
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 273
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788126026593

Description

Sundara Kaandam, originally published in Tamil portrays the ordeals faced by the Indian women with an uncommon sensitivity. The protagonist Sita is forced into marrying a playboy millionaire Sukumaran. She holds out with determination and he heals with his married life with distant dignity a la epic Ravana.

Giridhar, an idealistic social activist, flits across the canvas with a Rama like visage. Sundara Kaandam is a riveting narrative marked by empathy and perceptiveness.

About the Translator

K S Subramanian (1937) has translated a number of works from Tamil to English: 11 Novels, 7 Novellas, a collection of short stories, 3 collections of essays and 3 volumes of Tamil New poetry. Five volumes of his articles and papers have been published in Tamil. He was a former member of the Tamil Advisory Board of Sahitya Akademi.