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April 27, 2017 11:56 am | Updated 11:56 am IST - Thiruvananthapuram

Hasyathinte Avatharangal

Hasyathinte Avatharangal

Hasyathinte Avatharangal

An analysis of the treatment of humour in Malayalam literature. The author writes about humour in different categories of folk songs, proverbs and legends. He examines how writers have handled humour in poetry, novels, short stories and drama. A collection of humorous essays by others writers find a place in the book.

Author: Dr TG Madhavankutty

Publisher: Current Books

Price: Rs 175

Njangalude Adukkala Pusthakam

Njangalude Adukkala Pusthakam

Njangalude Adukkala Pusthakam

From the Granite Top is the coming together of women on social media. The book is a compilation of articles published in the forum. They are in the form of notes, stories, poems, daily activities and the like.

Author: edited by Sunitha Devadas

Published: DC Books

Price: Rs 150

Nalla Karyam: Subhashithangal

Nalla Karyam: Subhashithangal

Nalla Karyam: Subhashithangal

The author has taken 101 excerpts from several famous poems, from the past and present, and has explained the content by linking it with high thoughts and values. A poetic way of promoting value education and idealism.

Author: Dr Ezhumattoor Rajarajavarma

Publisher: DC Books

Price: Rs 210

Cinema Swapnam Jeevitham

Cinema Swapnam Jeevitham

Cinema Swapnam Jeevitham

No other artistic medium can claim as much popularity as cinema. The book is a study on the evolution of cinema, focussing on its history, milestones, classics, masters, marketing and more. In his foreword, auteur Adoor Gopalakrishnan writes that the book throws lights on the author’s knowledge of Kathakali, Koodiyattam and classical music as well.

Author: Neelan

Publisher: Green Books

Price: Rs 180

Puravancheriyile Kizhavan

Puravancheriyile Kizhavan

Puravancheriyile Kizhavan

The novel is a commentary on the decline of a farming culture in the face of a new world order. It tells the story of grand old Kandaru and his Puravancheri field. He becomes helpless when his life, which revolved around his agrarian lifestyle, fields and cultivation slips out of his hand.

Author: M Kamarudheen

Publisher: Green Books

Price: Rs 65

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