V.K. Madhavankutty’s expertise in the art of remembering is well-known. He has proved it convincingly in The Village Before Time, his last book whose English translation found favour with readers. The Unspoken Curse is no different – a bouquet of reminiscences and recollections of life in rural Kerala that unfolds into a poignant story: the saga of Kalyanikutty. The Unspoken Curse tells of the life and death of Kalyanikutty, narrated with an economy of words – the author’s hallmark. It is a dark, witty story of neglect, but not active neglect, sheer neglect-passive, motiveless neglect. Kalyanikutty was born into a traditional family where the matrilineal system – now moribund – was still in practice. Kalyanikutty – middle child, female, unassuming – is natural scapegoat, a receptacle of curses of the family and society at large. In Kerala the novel, as literary genre, is witnessing a great deal of experiment both in narrative and them. It is against this background that The Unspoken Curse assumes importance. It quite simply redeems the forsaken village in Malayalam fiction. The novel is set in a rural milieu in South Malabar known for its cultural traditions and richness. It is a simple, earthy, unpretentious novel, demanding no special effort of the reader. The Unspoken Curse is a whisper that must not be lost amid the cacophony of present-day fiction. The Unspoken Curse is also published in Malayalam as Asreekaram.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR V.K. Madhavan Kutty
Awarded the “Padmasri†by the President of India in 2002, V.K.Madhavan Kutty is also the receipient of many awards for journalism and literature which include Kerala Sahitya Academy award for his book “Journalism a journey†(account of his various foreign travels with VIPS, Soviet Land Nehru Award for the biography of V K Krishna Menon, Swadeshabhimani Award for the best Malayala Jounalist in 2002. V.K. Madhavan Kutty a career journalist and author of 16 books, he worked for the prestigious Malayalam Daily, Mathrubhumi as its Chief of bureau in Delhi and later as its Editor. He was the Founder Director of the Malayalam channel Asianet.. He had contributed regular Coloumns to Times of India, Mathrubhumi, Kerala Kaumudi and Deshabhimani. He was also a member of the Indian Delegation to United Nations in 2004. His last novel “Village before time†was short-listed for the prestigious Crossword award.
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The Unspoken Curse
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1st ed.
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818794384X
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iii+256p., 19cm.
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