Goat days/ Benyamin ; tr. by Joseph Koyippally.

By:

Benyamin

Contributor(s):

Joseph Koyippally, Tr

Publication details: Gurgaon: Penguin Books, 2012.Description: 255 pISBN:

9780143416333

Uniform titles:

Aatujeevitham

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

894.812 3 BEN/G 111 Q2

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Summary: "Najeeb's dearest wish is to work in the Gulf and earn enough money to send back home. He achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents, grim and absurd, into a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert. Memories of the lush, verdant landscape of his village and his loving family haunt Najeeb, whose only solace is the companionship of goats. In the end, the lonely young man contrives a hazardous scheme to escape his desert prison. 'Goat Days' was published to aclaim in Malayalam and became a bestseller. One of the brilliant new talents of Malayalam literature, Benyamin's wry and tender telling transforms this strange and bitter comedy of Najeeb's life in the desert into a universal tale of loneliness and alienation"--Publisher's description, back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Mahatma Gandhi University Library General Stacks	894.812 63 BEN/G 111 Q2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		56822

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Translation of: Aadu jeevitham.

Winner of the Kerala Literary Academy Award in 2009.

"Najeeb's dearest wish is to work in the Gulf and earn enough money to send back home. He achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents, grim and absurd, into a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert. Memories of the lush, verdant landscape of his village and his loving family haunt Najeeb, whose only solace is the companionship of goats. In the end, the lonely young man contrives a hazardous scheme to escape his desert prison. 'Goat Days' was published to aclaim in Malayalam and became a bestseller. One of the brilliant new talents of Malayalam literature, Benyamin's wry and tender telling transforms this strange and bitter comedy of Najeeb's life in the desert into a universal tale of loneliness and alienation"--Publisher's description, back cover.

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