The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction – Vol. 1

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Selected and translated by Pritham K. Chakravarthy

Edited by Rakesh Khanna

400 page paperback.

The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol. 1 contains 17 shorts by 10 authors originally written in Tamil. Tamil is one of the oldest languages still in regular use on the planet, it is spoken by more than 80,000,000 people, and it has a rich literary tradition that can be traced back more than 2,000 years. Importantly, Tamil speakers also have a rich tradition of independently published pulp fiction that spans from the early part of the 1900s through to today. Many important works of Tamil literature have been translated in to English and other languages, but this collection represents the first example of Popular Fiction being made available in English. It’s a wonderful collection.

These books are imported directly from the publisher in India. They had  long journey getting here and may have minor shelf wear as a result.

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Mad scientists! Desperate housewives! Murderous robots! Scandalous starlets! Sordid, drug-fueled love affairs! This anthology features seventeen stories by ten best-selling authors of Tamil crime, romance, science fiction, and detective stories, none of them ever before translated into English, along with reproductions of wacky cover art and question-and-answer sessions with some of the authors. Grab a masala vadai, sit back and enjoy!

“Possibly the most significant contribution to Indian writing this year”— Vijay Nambisan, Deccan Herald

“There are two reasons to buy this book. One, it’s a wonderful read and two, it’s the best-produced paperback in the history of Indian Publishing”— Mukul Kesavan, Outlook Magazine

Including detective fiction heavyweights Subha and Pattukkottai Prabakar; Rajesh Kumar, the world’s most prolific living author of fiction (with over 1750 novels to his credit); Ramanichandran, queen of romance and the all-time bestselling author in Tamil; and many more

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