Author: Bh Krishnamurti
C Vijayashree/
Editor(s): Bh Krishnamurti & C Vijayashree
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 471
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8126019301
Description
This collection of post-independence Telugu short stories reflects all the major trends and thematic concerns of the Telugu short stories of the post-Independence period. The Telugu short story right from its inception in 1910 has demonstrated its serious engagement with social issues and is imbued with a strong sense of social awareness and responsiveness.
The post-Independence Telugu short story continued this tradition in terms of its theamatic preoccupations. The selection comes from different regions of Andhra Pradesh: Andhra (coastal districts), Rayalaseema and Telangana and record with rare sensitivity the specificities of the sub-cultures of these regions.
The stories trace the impact of all the important socio-political movements that have swept across the Telugu land in the post-Independence era: socialism, communism, feminism, civil right movement and the dalit movement. The lives of Telugu people, urban and rural upper middle class, middle class and the downtrodden, professionals and beggars-are represented in a rich mosaic of differences.
Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
The Choice
The Boat Moves on
A Flower Blossoms
Three Beggars
Shreds of Paper and Shards of Glass
The Beggars Flag
Salvation
The Last House of the Village
Water
Money
The Village Well
All-Day with Viswapati
Revolutionary Grandmother
The Flood
Lead Us from Darkness To Light
The Cost of Tears
Love and Life
Life-Stream
The Watch
Placebo
The Trusted Land
Dear Mind! Don't Get Too
A Little Lamp
Moonlight in the Forest
Agony
The Earth Bound Heart
A Vision of Falling Trees
Amballa Banda
Five Stars at the End
Pilgrimage
Ants
Note on the Authors
Note on Translators
Glossary