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Book Review
TAMIL
Inspiring stories
V. GOPALAKRISHNA
LANKESH KATHAIGAL: Iraivadiyan — Tr.in Tamil; Kaavya, 16, II Cross Street, Trustpuram, Kodambakkam, Chennai-600024. Rs. 50.
THE WRITINGS of Lankesh in Kannada are best known for exposing the cruelty, meanness, pretensions and many more such evils of man. A multifaceted personality, Lankesh was not only a famous story-teller but a versatile poet, playwright and novelist. Above all his name is popular as an outspoken revolutionary and dedicated journalist. While many famous writers boast of their inherited intellect and wisdom, Lankesh very frankly speaks about the unhealthy family background of his boyhood days. Influenced by Gopalakrishna Adiga he enriched modern stories and introduced some new trends in the film industry. His stories are known for their lyrical intensity and delicacy.
The present collection consisting of 12 short stories gives a sample of themes and novelty in the method of presentation. The technique of story-telling adapted by the author is simple and natural.
The characters with all the details of their life and behaviour are introduced to the readers. Ultimately, one of the characters emerges as a guide and teaches the values of life. This is evident in the story “Flower-vendor”. The young man in this story succeeds in his job only when he gives up his artificial behaviour as advised by a social worker. The stories such as extraordinary friendship, an evidence of relationship, the boundary, the dead, and others enlighten the readers by giving such messages. Significantly the author without any hesitation gives the real names of places and persons thus making the readers move closer to the characters.
The idiomatic expressions and kannada colloquial speech are apt and explicit in their Tamil rendering.
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