My story
Material type: TextPublication details: Newdelhi Sterling publishers 1998Description: 219pISBN: 8120713249Subject(s): autobiography | Madhavikkutty | Kamala DasDDC classification: 920 Summary: My Story is an autobiographical book written by Indian author and poet Kamala Das. The book was originally published in Malayalam, titled Ente Katha. The book evoked violent reactions of admiration and criticism among the readers and critics. It remains to date the best-selling woman's autobiography in India.' Widely read, widely discussed and widely celebrated' -- The New York Times'I cannot think of any other Indian autobiography that so honestly captures a woman's inner life in all its sad solitude, its desperate longing for real love and its desire for transcendence, its tumult of colours and its turbulent poetry' -- K. Satchidanandan'A rebel who defied categorization' -- The TimesWhen it was first published in 1973, Kamala Das's sensational autobiography shocked readers with its total disregard for convention and its fearless articulation of subjects still considered tabloo. Narrating the author's intensely personal experiences in her passage to womanhood and shedding light on the hypocrisies that informed traditional society, My Story was far ahead of its time and is today considered a masterpiece.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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927.938 GOP/M Magical mist of memories | 927.963 58 SIN/T The test of my life | 928 FIV Five modern English poets | 928 KAM/M My story | 928 KIR/I I Dare | 928 M AZA/I India wins freedom | 928 MAR/U Un-Gandhian Gandhi: life and After life of the Mahatma |
My Story is an autobiographical book written by Indian author and poet Kamala Das. The book was originally published in Malayalam, titled Ente Katha. The book evoked violent reactions of admiration and criticism among the readers and critics. It remains to date the best-selling woman's autobiography in India.'
Widely read, widely discussed and widely celebrated' -- The New York Times'I cannot think of any other Indian autobiography that so honestly captures a woman's inner life in all its sad solitude, its desperate longing for real love and its desire for transcendence, its tumult of colours and its turbulent poetry' -- K. Satchidanandan'A rebel who defied categorization' -- The TimesWhen it was first published in 1973, Kamala Das's sensational autobiography shocked readers with its total disregard for convention and its fearless articulation of subjects still considered tabloo. Narrating the author's intensely personal experiences in her passage to womanhood and shedding light on the hypocrisies that informed traditional society, My Story was far ahead of its time and is today considered a masterpiece.
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