A MUTTULINGAM (1937)
Appadurai Muttulingam was born in Sri Lanka. He began his literary career at the age of nineteen when he won the first prize in the All Ceylon Tamil short story competition. After emigrating, he worked in many countries for the World Bank and the United Nations. He has published 11 short story collections, 6 essay collections, two interview collections, two novels and edited an anthology of book reviews. He won the prestigious S.R.M. University (India) literary award for Amerikkakari in 2013 and Markham City Council’s, Canada Literary Award in 2014. He lives with his wife Ranjini in Markham, Canada.
WHERE GOD BEGAN (Novel)
Tamil Title: Kadavul thodankiyaIdam
Number of pages: 170
Tracing the journey of a young man from Colombo to Canada, ‘Kadavul ThodangiyaIdam’ is a brilliant reiteration of a fundamental philosophy told over and over again by thinkers – that the journey is the destination. The protagonist, Nishanth, embarks on a journey with the aim of seeking refugee status in Canada. It takes him a little over five years to complete the journey. Weaving together a string of |experiences faced by various individuals – men and women, old and young, impassioned and level-headed – Muttulingam tells a compelling story that has remained untold in Tamil literature: the journeys that Sri Lankan citizens are forced to undertake to end up as refugees. KadavulThodangiyaIdam is a sensitive, riveting retelling of millions of such stories that travel towards the same fate yet are remarkably distinguished by the innumerably different paths they are forced to take.
Rights:
Published in India by Westland Books
Arabic rights sold to El Maraya for Culture and art, Egypt.
English rights other than Indian sub-continent open.
All other languages and territories open.
