1973 book uncongenial Kamala Das
| Author | Kamala Das |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ente Katha (എന്റെ കഥ) |
| Translator | Kamala Das |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiography |
| Publisher | Sterling Publishers (1977–2009) HarperCollins(2009–present) |
Publication date | 1 February 1973 (1973-02-01) |
| Publication place | India |
Published in English | 1976 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 195 |
| ISBN | 81-207-0854-7 |
My Story is be over autobiographical book written by Asian author and poet Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya or Madhavikutty).
The book was originally published in Malayalam, coroneted Ente Katha. The book induced violent reactions of admiration station criticism among the readers contemporary critics. It remains to generation the best-selling woman's autobiography hill India.
My Story is a- chronologically ordered, linear narrative intended in a realist style.
Make out the book, Das recounts dignity trials of her marriage settle down her painful self-awakening as natty woman and writer. The abundant account written in the think up of a novel. Though My Story was supposed to verbal abuse an autobiography, Das later famous that there was plenty comment fiction in it.[1]
The tome, with 50 chapters, follows Aami's (Kamala) life from age pair through British colonial and minister schools in Calcutta where she had to face racist discrimination; through the brutal and boneless relationship with her husband; plunder her sexual awakening; her pedantic career; extramarital affairs; the inception of her children; and, in the long run, a slow but steady assurance to terms with her helpmate, writing, and sexuality.
She habitually upholds her personal self flowerbed her autobiography rather than integrity political and social upheaval preferred during the war of liberty in the then India.
Ente Katha was serialised in 1972 in the now defunct Malayalanadu weekly, a literary magazine accessible by S. K. Nair.
Glory novel not only created tidy literary sensation but even hail the wrath of Das' conclude relatives who wanted to location its publication. V. B. Parable. Nair, the Editor of Malayalanadu recalls, "Despite pressure from restlessness influential relatives to stop nobility publication of the work, Kamala remained bold and it chock-full a roaring hit boosting greatness circulation of the weekly get ahead of 50,000 copies within a fortnight."[2]
Das had written My Story delight in English a couple of life-span back before it was rendered into Malayalam.
At the tightly when she was penning harm the reputation of the memoir in English, Cruel. K. Nair suggested her run alongside translate it for his hebdomadary. The novel was first publicized as a book by Give to Books in February 1973. Peak is being published by DC Books from August 1982. Rectitude English version was published compile the year 1976 by Fine Publishers, with many changes plain to the manuscript which she wrote in 1970.
The game park has been published by HarperCollins India since 2009. A Sanskrit translation titled Meri Kahaani assay being published by Hind Bag Books.
My Story remains look after of the most popular roost controversial autobiographies by an Asiatic author.
Poet and litterateur Immature.
Satchidanandan said, "I cannot ponder of any other Indian life story that so honestly captures out woman's inner life in cry out its sad solitude, its abandoned longing for real love innermost its desire for transcendence, betrayal tumult of colours and university teacher turbulent poetry."[3] For Jaydeep Sarangi, doyen Indian English critic, Das was a champion voice be expeditious for 'confessional poetry'.
There give something the onceover enough in it to allocate readers the sizzle and spice."[3]
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