In these three stunningly original, lush and provocative novellas, award-winning writer K.
R. Meera explores the tragedy, betrayal and violence that rise out of the dark heart of love.
‘The Angel’s Beauty Spots’ is a disquieting story about Angela’s repeated infidelities and the trauma of failed love; in ‘And Forgetting the Tree, I…’ Radhika tries to come to terms with a former love that refuses to leave her; and ‘The Deepest Blue’ uses magic and metaphor to tell the story of a wife who yearns for a love that transcends lifetimes.
Esteemed as one of the country’s finest storytellers, K. R. Meera’s The Angel’s Beauty Spots:
Three Novellas will serve to embellish her already considerable reputation as a writer of
strikingly original fiction.
These novellas have been translated from the Malayalam by J. Devika.
K. R. MEERA is an award-winning Malayalam writer. Her first short-story collection, Ormayude Njarambu, was followed by more short-story collections, novellas, novels and children’s books. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2015 for her most famous novel, Aarachaar (Hangwoman). It was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, 2016, and won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013, as well as other regional awards. Before she became a full-time writer, K. R. Meera worked as a journalist for the Malayala Manorama.
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