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Book Review
TAMIL
Short stories
P. SUNDARESAN
AER MUNAI: A. Ma. Samy; Navamani Pathippagam, 44, Eldams Road, Chennai-600012. Rs. 120.
THOUGH RIDDLED with misprints, this popular fiction carrying 35 fascinating short stories of considerable length is distinguished by a creative tour de force.
The cover story drives home the point that agriculture forms the backbone of the rural economy. A writer of romantic fiction finds another enduring theme when placed in a tight corner.
How a movie superstar was caught red-handed with his hoard of unaccounted money is beautifully narrated in an engrossing story. Another piece sounds the alarm to love-making in public. Conceptualising Gandhiji in a new avatar to resolve the Kashmir imbroglio is just splendid.
A “Pudumaippenn” punctures the ego of one who goes on rejecting one girl after another unmindful of the insult heaped on them by his brute comments. The end result is his forgive and forget approach to her bosom friend he had last rejected.
Some other storylines: poignant portrait of a black marketer; a bride’s skilful manoeuvre; evils in the journey of life; the tragedy of an illicit love affair; sex change; a nice surprise; a suspense story that hinges on an umbrella; the plight of a divorcee; and the impact of a petty quarrel between husband and wife.
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