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
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
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
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
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