{"product_id":"the-greatest-telugu-stories-ever-dasu-krishnamoorty-tamraparni-dasu-9789391047306","title":"The Greatest Telugu Stories Ever Told","description":"\u003cp\u003e The Greatest Telugu Stories Ever Told spans almost a century of work by some of the finest writers of short \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e fiction in the language. The storytellers included in the anthology range from literary masters such as \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chalam, Kanuparthi Varalakshmamma, and Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao to contemporary writers like \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mohammed Khadeer Babu, Jajula Gowri, and Vempalle Shareef. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The tales found in this collection weave a rich tapestry of Telugu experiences. Illindala Saraswati Devi's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Bad Times' discusses the downturn in Muslim fortunes after the integration of the nizam's state with the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Indian union. Boya Jangaiah's 'The Eclipse' chronicles the aching memories that besiege a Dalit poet when \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e he makes a brief stop at his village. Bandi Narayanaswami's 'Water' dramatizes the acute shortage of water \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in the Rayalaseema region and its exacerbation by political rivalries. Kavana Sarma's 'House Number' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e gently mocks a self-proclaimed math genius and his attempts at memorizing a simple house number. A \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e heartbreaking love story, Vempalli Gangadhar's 'Festival of Love' is a romance imbued with the fragrance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e of jasmine fields. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Selected and deftly translated by Dasu Krishnamoorty and Tamraparni Dasu, these and the other stories \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in this collection offer a window into how the Telugu people see the world and their place in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dasu Krishnamoorty \\. Tamraparni Dasu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9391047300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789391047306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rupa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Dasu Krishnamoorty \\. Tamraparni Dasu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053181333759,"sku":"9789391047306","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3692bbc-4f50-4141-9485-d8c2a5a5280a.jpg?v=1685022879","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-greatest-telugu-stories-ever-dasu-krishnamoorty-tamraparni-dasu-9789391047306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}