Author: Gita Krishnakutty
Publisher: Katha
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 108
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187649100
Description
An English translation of two Novellas : Praise The Lord and What News, Pilate? by a best-known fiction writer of the sub-continent.
THE AUTHOR:
PAUL ZACHARIA educated IN Kerala and Karnataka, is one of the best-known writers in Malayalam today. His first collection of short stories was published while he was in his final year at college. Since then five volumes of his short stories, a novella and a collection of essays have been published. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the short stories. One of his novellas, Bhaskara Patelum Ellarum has been made into a movie by the renowned film director Adoor Gopalkrishnan.
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR:
When I read Paul, I read some of the best writing emerging out of India. The pungent humor, the sharp wit, the exacting eye for detail, the absurd, all couched in the best of swords, a brilliant storyteller.
THE EDITOR:
INDIRA CHANRASEKHAR, the editor this volume, runs a publishing house - Tulika - that publishes books on the social sciences, art and culture, and literary theory. She too is a recipient of the Katha Award for Translation.