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Ponna Ki Agnipariksha
By Perumal Murugan| Mohan Varma
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About the book
This is one of the sequels to Perumal Murugan’s groundbreaking Nar-Narishwar (One Part Woman). It explores what happens to the protagonist Ponna after the events described in the first book. In this book, Kali has to live with the consequences of Ponna’s visit to the temple festival in the first book. He is determined to punish her for her ‘betrayal’.
Kali and Ponna are torn apart by the incident, and must now rebuild their life together in the wake of this.
Pages: 248
Available in: Paperback
Language: Hindi
Perumal Murugan
Perumal Murugan is an author, scholar and literary chronicler who writes in Tamil. He has written ten novels, five collections of short stories and five poetry anthologies. Apart from these he has published six compilations of essays on language and literature. Four of his books have been translated into English – Seasons of the Palm, One Part Woman, Current Shows and Pyre. The poetry he wrote during his exile from writing has also been translated in English and published as Songs of a Coward. He was honoured at the Indian Language Festival 2015 for his contributions to Indian writing. Murugan is a professor of Tamil at the Government Arts College.
Mohan Varma
Mohan Varma is a Hindi poet and translator. He has translated three of Perumal Murugan’s novels, One Part Woman and its sequels, and his book of poetry, Songs of a Coward.
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