This ancient novel book is widely considered as one of the greatest works of Tamil literature ever published. Sivakamiyin Sabadham was written by Kalki Krishnamurthy. This is a historical novel set in South India in the seventh century. Let us have a look at some of the Famous Books in Tamil. There are many amazing books written in the Tamil language and everyone can enjoy them. And the best part books in all the Indian languages are great to read. Literacy in India is not confined to a single language but is spread across various languages. And for this very reason, many Indians also convert their passion for writing into their profession. Here are some of the top Famous Books in Tamil.
We have selected a few interesting books for you to read. We were compiling a list of the best novels. In Tamil literature, there are many great poets. And if you’re new to Tamil literature, here are a few must-read writers who should be on your reading list. If you are a fan of Tamil literature, it might be time to re-read these classics. There are many interesting stories here and many significant writers, so go ahead and buy the book.Tamil literature is open to novel ideas and writing in a variety of genres and styles. Ultimately, one cannot quarrel with the editors about what they consider to be the ‘greatest’ stories, or perhaps one can, but nothing much can be done about it - so, we have to accept their selection as subjective and read the book to enter into their world and that of Thamizh literature. If India is realised on the shelf in this series, even if imperfectly, these translations would have served their purpose. Hopefully, it will show, along with the rest of the volumes in the series, how India comes together in the literary imagination, how each language writes its stories similarly and yet differently. Sujatha Vijayaraghavan and Mini Krishnan have given us their take. However, the volume is an interesting introduction to Thamizh stories and writing, to be read at leisure. And, of course, most of the stories are by men. And there is no story by Jeyamohan or Na Muthusamay or Salma or Sivakami or Cho Dharman, just to name a few. More significantly, the omissions make a significant reading list on their own - you won’t find Jeyakanthan here, a writer I grew up reading and respecting. The editors have made a brave attempt, but caste and religion are served only through token appearances by a few writers. The problem with such a statement is that it makes us look for that diversity. Covering the ‘modern’ period, from the 1930s, this collection aims to cover a wide range of issues - “religion, caste, class, and gender-based”, as Sujatha Vijayaraghavan states in her Foreword. The translators are all well known and the quality of translations is very high indeed. The tales in ‘The Greatest Stories’ have been translated by different people even if more than a third are new translations by Malini Seshadri. As one would expect, both books feature many of the same writers - only five of the 30 in the collection under review are different, though the featured stories are all different, making both volumes interesting buys.
It was a massive collection of 88 stories, and this one has 30. There was no claim to ‘greatness’, but you did expect the best short story writers to be included. It had a different agenda, to trace the history of the Thamizh short story. The book that comes to one’s mind immediately is ‘The Tamil Story: Through the Times, Through the Tides’, edited by the renowned writer Dilip Kumar and translated by the award-winning Subhashree Krishnaswamy, that came out in 2016.
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How does one review a collection of short stories translated into English and aiming to showcase the ‘greatest’ stories from another language? Does one talk of the quality of translation, or of the selected stories, the stories that don’t find place, or of the criteria for selection other than quality, or a little bit of all without sounding too critical since this is a book to celebrate? Perhaps, all of the above, even if briefly! For, it is one of immense significance to the language and to the writers included in it, as they find shelf space along with other books in the ambitious series of greatest stories ever told in various Indian languages.
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