THE GREATEST TELUGU STORIES EVER TOLD (HB)

The Greatest Telugu Stories Ever Told spans almost a century of work by some of the finest writers of short / fiction in the language. The storytellers included in the anthology range from literary masters such as / Chalam, Kanuparthi Varalakshmamma, and Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao to contemporary writers like / Mohammed Khadeer Babu, Jajula Gowri, and Vempalle Shareef. / The tales found in this collection weave a rich tapestry of Telugu experiences. Illindala Saraswati Devi's / 'Bad Times' discusses the downturn in Muslim fortunes after the integration of the nizam's state with the / Indian union. Boya Jangaiah's 'The Eclipse' chronicles the aching memories that besiege a Dalit poet when / he makes a brief stop at his village. Bandi Narayanaswami's 'Water' dramatizes the acute shortage of water / in the Rayalaseema region and its exacerbation by political rivalries. Kavana Sarma's 'House Number' / gently mocks a self-proclaimed math genius and his attempts at memorizing a simple house number. A / heartbreaking love story, Vempalli Gangadhar's 'Festival of Love' is a romance imbued with the fragrance / of jasmine fields. / Selected and deftly translated by Dasu Krishnamoorty and Tamraparni Dasu, these and the other stories / in this collection offer a window into how the Telugu people see the world and their place in it./