{"product_id":"krishnan-r-when-the-kurinji-blooms-9788125016199","title":"When the Kurinji Blooms","description":"Language: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Tamil Kurinjithen, Rajam Krishnan’s lyrical, erudite novel is a family saga of three generations of Badagas in the Nilgiris. As the winds of social change and modernity invade their protected lives, the innocence and harmony is replaced by conflict and tragedy that precede a new beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the blossoming of the kurinji as a motif for the passage of time and the disappearance of a way of life, Rajam Krishnan paints panoramic views and captures the enormous vigour of a people in the grip of transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRajam Krishnan (1925) was born in Musiri, Tamil Nadu and married before she completed high school. A prolific writer, she wrote her first novel Swatantra jothi in 1948. Publishing almost continuously since then, her work spans a variety of literary genres: fiction, essays, biographies, short stories and a travelogue. Her writing is bold but lyrical and her feminist perspective and socialist ideology are tempered by her deep humanism. She has won several literary awards for her writings and her work has been extensively translated into other Indian languages. She lives in Chennai.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Kurinjithen was first serialised in the magazine Kalaimagal forty years ago. I wrote it after thoroughly researching the life of the people of the Nilgiris. Though I have written many other novels, equally well-researched, this is the most highly acclaimed of them all. All my readers, academics or otherwise have identified me with Kurinjithen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce in twelve years, in the season when the blue kurinji flower blooms in these hills, the bees store honey in combs in the crevices of rocks and on the branches of trees. Nowadays, no one is aware of when the kurinj","brand":"Sangam Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53317395513686,"sku":"9788125016199-G","price":2.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9788125016199_1.jpg?v=1778447673","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/krishnan-r-when-the-kurinji-blooms-9788125016199","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}