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    Vaadivaasal PB by Chellappa, CS;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher OUP India
    • Date of Publication 1 September 2021
    • Number of Volumes Paperback

    • ISBN 9780190132354
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages120 pages
    • Language English
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    Long description:

    Vaadivaasal, a novella published in 1949, is considered as a modern literary classic in Tamil. It describes the events of an afternoon in Periyapatti, a village in southern Tamil Nadu, where a jallikattu-contest involving the traditional sport of bull taming-is under way. The novella opens with the arrival of bulls in the village from near and far, excitement and anticipation from the crowd of onlookers, and tales of past heroics being exchanged among the villagers.
    The contest in a jallikattu is always between the bull tamer and a man of power, who is represented by the bull. Vaadivaasal is a masterful account not only of a traditional sport and the people who engaged in it, but also of the relations of power and how they played out in a bygone era. As a work
    that captures the tremors of a life-and-death battle between man and animal, it is an outstanding achievement in the annals of Tamil prose fiction.

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    Table of Contents:

    Table of Contents:
    CSC: My Appa ix
    Translator's Note xiii
    Introduction xvii
    Vaadivaasal 1
    Glossary 83
    About the Author and Translator 87

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