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Description
First staged in 1892, the South Indian play Girls for Sale (Kanyasulkam) is considered the greatest modern work of Telugu literature and the first major drama written in an Indian language that critiqued British colonialism s effects on Indian society. Filled with humor, biting social commentary, parody, and masquerade, the plot revolves around a clever courtesan, a young widow, and a very old man who wants to buy as his wife a very young girl. Velcheru Narayana Rao has prepared the first idiomatic English translation, with notes and a critical essay. Itself a masterpiece of Indian literature in translation, this edition makes Apparao s work available to new audiences."
Book Information
ISBN 9780253348999
Author Gurajada Apparao
Format Hardback
Page Count 248
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Book Information
ISBN 9780253348999
Author Gurajada Apparao
Format Hardback
Page Count 248
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
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