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In a Forest, a Deer
Ambai
Ambai's short stories, translated from the Tamil by Lakshmi Holmström: women of different ages and backgrounds navigate family, marriage, desire and the search for a space of their own, in prose that breaks with conventional ways of telling.
GenreLiterary fiction
Vivek’s Notes
Won the Crossword Book Award for Indian Language Fiction Translation, translated from the Tamil ("Kaatil Oru Maan") by Lakshmi Holmström. It breaks traditional modes of expression in language and content, recounting the saga of Tangam Athai, whose husband remarried because she could not bear him a child, and Chinthiru's journey to the woods alongside the tale of Sita's exile, underscoring her search for self-identity.
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