The Wanderer
Author: V. Shinilal
Brand: Eka
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 296
Release Date: 27-01-2025
Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.
Details: About the Book
Translated by the joint-winner of the JCB Prize for Literature 2021.
The Sampark Kranti Express is travelling from Thiruvananthapuram to Chandigarh. It’s pulling a vintage steam engine called the Wanderer, which will be exhibited in the Republic Day parade in Delhi. This train travelling across the length of India carries a cross-section of the Indian populace. One of its travellers, Karamchand (named so after Mahatma Gandhi), through the intersection of his observations along the journey, his memories, and the history of the places the train passes through creates a fantastic, parallel journey along the one he is already on.
Landmarks in the history of India—the construction of railways in India by the British, the notorious Portuguese sailor Almeida’s attacks on ports in Kerala, the 1857 mutiny, the Chauri Chaura incident, the Godhra riots find mention in the novel.
Among the travellers on the train are John, a British wildlife photographer; three TTEs; an Indian woman carrying a Pakistani man’s child; a sex worker who is a rape victim; Gujarati pilgrims returning from Rameshwaram; even Narendra Dabholkar, with whom Karamchand discussion the ideas of nation and nationalism, though Dabholkar is killed en route.
V. Shinilal’s award-winning political novel, The Wanderer talks about reservation, farmer suicides and many other burning issues. The themes of caste, class and gender are depicted through different characters as well as the structure of the train. Karamchand’s statement, ‘a train is a small biopsy section of India’ perfectly sums up this very pertinent novel.
About the Author
V. Shinilal is a popular, contemporary Malayalam novelist and short story writer. He hails from Nedumangad, near Thiruvananthapuram and works for the Indian Railways.
His major works include the novels Udal Bhauthikam, Adi, 124 and Iru and the short story collections Chola, Buddhapadham, Garisappa Aruvi Adhava Oru Jalayathra and Naroda Patyayil Ninnulla Bus.
Shinilal is a recipient of the inaugural Karoor Award (Udal Bhauthikam), Padmarajan Award (124) in 2021. He is the winner of the O.V. Vijayan Award in 2023. His works have been translated into many other Indian languages. Sampark Kranti (The Wanderer) was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the best novel in 2022.
About the Translator
Nandakumar K.’s co-translation of M. Mukundan’s Delhi Gadhakal, Delhi: A Soliloquy, won the JCB Prize for Literature in 2021. His other translations are: A Thousand Cuts (Attupokaatha Ormakal), the autobiography of Professor T.J. Joseph; The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories by Indu Menon; In the Name of the Lord (Karthavinte Namathil), the autobiography of Sr Lucy Kalappura; Elephantam Misophantam (Aanaththam Piriyaththam), Anthill (Puttu) and Blackened (Karikkottakkary) by Vinoy Thomas; and Zin by Haritha Savithri. Nandakumar is the grandson of Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon. He lives in Dubai and works for a shipping line as a business.
EAN: 9789360458461
Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
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The Wanderer
The Wanderer
Author: V. Shinilal
Brand: Eka
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 296
Release Date: 27-01-2025
Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.
Details: About the Book
Translated by the joint-winner of the JCB Prize for Literature 2021.
The Sampark Kranti Express is travelling from Thiruvananthapuram to Chandigarh. It’s pulling a vintage steam engine called the Wanderer, which will be exhibited in the Republic Day parade in Delhi. This train travelling across the length of India carries a cross-section of the Indian populace. One of its travellers, Karamchand (named so after Mahatma Gandhi), through the intersection of his observations along the journey, his memories, and the history of the places the train passes through creates a fantastic, parallel journey along the one he is already on.
Landmarks in the history of India—the construction of railways in India by the British, the notorious Portuguese sailor Almeida’s attacks on ports in Kerala, the 1857 mutiny, the Chauri Chaura incident, the Godhra riots find mention in the novel.
Among the travellers on the train are John, a British wildlife photographer; three TTEs; an Indian woman carrying a Pakistani man’s child; a sex worker who is a rape victim; Gujarati pilgrims returning from Rameshwaram; even Narendra Dabholkar, with whom Karamchand discussion the ideas of nation and nationalism, though Dabholkar is killed en route.
V. Shinilal’s award-winning political novel, The Wanderer talks about reservation, farmer suicides and many other burning issues. The themes of caste, class and gender are depicted through different characters as well as the structure of the train. Karamchand’s statement, ‘a train is a small biopsy section of India’ perfectly sums up this very pertinent novel.
About the Author
V. Shinilal is a popular, contemporary Malayalam novelist and short story writer. He hails from Nedumangad, near Thiruvananthapuram and works for the Indian Railways.
His major works include the novels Udal Bhauthikam, Adi, 124 and Iru and the short story collections Chola, Buddhapadham, Garisappa Aruvi Adhava Oru Jalayathra and Naroda Patyayil Ninnulla Bus.
Shinilal is a recipient of the inaugural Karoor Award (Udal Bhauthikam), Padmarajan Award (124) in 2021. He is the winner of the O.V. Vijayan Award in 2023. His works have been translated into many other Indian languages. Sampark Kranti (The Wanderer) was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the best novel in 2022.
About the Translator
Nandakumar K.’s co-translation of M. Mukundan’s Delhi Gadhakal, Delhi: A Soliloquy, won the JCB Prize for Literature in 2021. His other translations are: A Thousand Cuts (Attupokaatha Ormakal), the autobiography of Professor T.J. Joseph; The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories by Indu Menon; In the Name of the Lord (Karthavinte Namathil), the autobiography of Sr Lucy Kalappura; Elephantam Misophantam (Aanaththam Piriyaththam), Anthill (Puttu) and Blackened (Karikkottakkary) by Vinoy Thomas; and Zin by Haritha Savithri. Nandakumar is the grandson of Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon. He lives in Dubai and works for a shipping line as a business.
EAN: 9789360458461
Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
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Author: V. Shinilal
Brand: Eka
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 296
Release Date: 27-01-2025
Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.
Details: About the Book
Translated by the joint-winner of the JCB Prize for Literature 2021.
The Sampark Kranti Express is travelling from Thiruvananthapuram to Chandigarh. It’s pulling a vintage steam engine called the Wanderer, which will be exhibited in the Republic Day parade in Delhi. This train travelling across the length of India carries a cross-section of the Indian populace. One of its travellers, Karamchand (named so after Mahatma Gandhi), through the intersection of his observations along the journey, his memories, and the history of the places the train passes through creates a fantastic, parallel journey along the one he is already on.
Landmarks in the history of India—the construction of railways in India by the British, the notorious Portuguese sailor Almeida’s attacks on ports in Kerala, the 1857 mutiny, the Chauri Chaura incident, the Godhra riots find mention in the novel.
Among the travellers on the train are John, a British wildlife photographer; three TTEs; an Indian woman carrying a Pakistani man’s child; a sex worker who is a rape victim; Gujarati pilgrims returning from Rameshwaram; even Narendra Dabholkar, with whom Karamchand discussion the ideas of nation and nationalism, though Dabholkar is killed en route.
V. Shinilal’s award-winning political novel, The Wanderer talks about reservation, farmer suicides and many other burning issues. The themes of caste, class and gender are depicted through different characters as well as the structure of the train. Karamchand’s statement, ‘a train is a small biopsy section of India’ perfectly sums up this very pertinent novel.
About the Author
V. Shinilal is a popular, contemporary Malayalam novelist and short story writer. He hails from Nedumangad, near Thiruvananthapuram and works for the Indian Railways.
His major works include the novels Udal Bhauthikam, Adi, 124 and Iru and the short story collections Chola, Buddhapadham, Garisappa Aruvi Adhava Oru Jalayathra and Naroda Patyayil Ninnulla Bus.
Shinilal is a recipient of the inaugural Karoor Award (Udal Bhauthikam), Padmarajan Award (124) in 2021. He is the winner of the O.V. Vijayan Award in 2023. His works have been translated into many other Indian languages. Sampark Kranti (The Wanderer) was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the best novel in 2022.
About the Translator
Nandakumar K.’s co-translation of M. Mukundan’s Delhi Gadhakal, Delhi: A Soliloquy, won the JCB Prize for Literature in 2021. His other translations are: A Thousand Cuts (Attupokaatha Ormakal), the autobiography of Professor T.J. Joseph; The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories by Indu Menon; In the Name of the Lord (Karthavinte Namathil), the autobiography of Sr Lucy Kalappura; Elephantam Misophantam (Aanaththam Piriyaththam), Anthill (Puttu) and Blackened (Karikkottakkary) by Vinoy Thomas; and Zin by Haritha Savithri. Nandakumar is the grandson of Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon. He lives in Dubai and works for a shipping line as a business.
EAN: 9789360458461
Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
