Visappu Explained

Visappu (Hunger) is a collection of short stories by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer published in 1954.[1] [2] The collection includes Basheer's first story "Ente Thankam" (My Darling) which is titled "Thankam" in the book.[3] This story originally appeared in the Ernakulam-based newspaper Jayakesari in the year 1937.[4] The other stories include "Visappu" (Hunger), "Marunnu" (Medicine) and "Pishachu" (Devil). Visappu is considered as a modern classic in south Asian literature.[5]

List of stories

  1. "Thankam"
  2. "Shashinas"
  3. "Hridayanatha"
  4. "Marunnu"
  5. "Nammude Hridayangal"
  6. "Pishachu"
  7. "Visappu"

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/basheer.html "Works by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer"
  2. Sultan of story: A birth centenary tribute to Vaikom Mohammed Basheer who picked up his tales from life's poetry . K. . Satchidanandan . . February 2008 . 25 . 2. 30 May 2018 .
  3. Book: Basheer fictions. M. N. Vijayan. M. N. Vijayan. M. N. Vijayan. M. N. Vijayan. Katha. 1996. 21.
  4. Book: Vushappu (Hunger). Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. 1954. Current Books. Foreword. It is years since I have started writing stories. When did I start? I think it was from 1937. I have been living in Ernakulam since then. I was a writer by profession. I wrote a great deal. I would get my writing published in newspapers and journals. No one paid me for it. The stories were published between 1937 and 1941 in Navajeevan, a weekly published in Trivandrum in those days..
  5. Book: Classics of Modern South Asian Literature . Rupert Snell, I. M. P. Raeside . Harrassowitz Verlag . 27, 28 .

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