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Má̂y nguò̓i̓ con trai: Vuo̓n̓g-Long
By Pearl S Buck. 1970
Hôn em hạnh phúc: tà̂p truyè̂n
By Văn Xuân Nhi Hò̂. 1988
Collection of eleven short stories by the contemporary Vietnamese author now living in California. Includes the stories "Feeble Happiness," "Something…
like a Desperate Feeling," and "The Last Memorial Sonnet." Vietnamese language. 1988Duon ve Trung Khanh: Destination Tchoungking
By Suyin Han. 1986
Autobiography of an educated young Chinese woman who lives through the Japanese bombing of Chunking. She chronicles the hardships of…
the Chinese people during their struggle against the Japanese. First published in 1942. Vietnamese language. 1971Nguoi me
By Pearl S Buck. 1972
Thơ Nôm Yên Đỏ̂, Tú Xương
By Khuyé̂n Nguyẽ̂n. 1980
Cười bà̆ng thích: chuyện cá̂m đàn bà và trẻ con
By Thợ Mộc. 1978
Truyen Kieu
By Du Nguyẽ̂n. 1983
Nineteenth-century narrative poem of love and sacrifice recounts the story of a young girl forced by circumstances to become a…
prostitute. This classic work is an acknowledged masterpiece of Vietnamese literature. Vietnamese languageViêt Nam thuʾòʾng-thuʾć
By Bảo Vân. 1980
Elementary Vietnamese
By Binh Nhu Ngo. 1945
This is a complete Vietnamese language course designed for college or high school-level classroom use or self-study. Since its publication…
in 1998, "Elementary Vietnamese" has become the leading book for anyone wishing to learn Vietnamese, and an invaluable resource for people traveling, studying or working in Vietnam. This beginner Vietnamese book was originally developed for classroom use at Harvard University, where it has been field-tested for many years. This revised Third Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments in Vietnamese speech patterns and culture over the past decade. The main focus of "Elementary Vietnamese" is to assist learners in developing basic skills in listening, speaking, writing and reading the language. It serves a secondary function as a general introduction to modern Vietnamese society and culture, with dialogues, cultural notes, exercises and readings drawn from contemporary life and popular media there. "Elementary Vietnamese" is designed for effective self-study as well as for use in a college-level classroom. Features of the Third Edition include: Many hours of new audio recordings by native Vietnamese speakers. Innovative pronunciation drills to help you to achieve near-native pronunciation ability. New usage examples, cultural notes, and exercises along with photos showing life in Vietnam today. A guide for instructors ("New Edition Notes") detailing changes made in the Third Edition. The MP3 audio recordings which accompany this book are of native Vietnamese speakers. These recordings cover: All dialogues, narratives and vocabulary. Grammar and usage notes. Everyday Vietnamese idioms and expressions. A unique set of pronunciation drills to help you speak like a native and . Commonly-used proverbs, to help you speak and understand colloquial Vietnamese.AA RAAVIL SAMBHAVICHATHU - Malayalam Edition
By Geevarghese Idicheria, Gee Malayil. 2019
കോളേജ് വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥിനികള് കൂട്ടബലാല്സംഗം ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ട സംഭവവും ആ കുറ്റം ചെയ്തിട്ട് ഇരുട്ടില് മറഞ്ഞിരുന്ന നികൃഷ്ടരായ കുറ്റവാളികളെ പുറത്തുകൊണ്ടുവരുന്നതുമാണ് ‘ആ രാവില് സംഭവിച്ചത്’ എന്ന ഈ നോവലിന്റെ ഇതിവൃത്തം.…
ചെന്നായ്ക്കളുടെ കൂര്ത്തപല്ലുകള് നീണ്ടുനീണ്ടു വരുന്ന ഇരുട്ടില് പെണ്കുട്ടികള് ഇറങ്ങി നടക്കരുത് എന്ന് അവരില് ഒരു പെണ്കുട്ടിയെ തന്റെ അമ്മ ഉപദേശിച്ചിരുന്നു. എങ്കിലും ചെന്നായ്ക്കളുടെ കൂര്ത്തനഖങ്ങള് ഇരകളുടെ മാംസത്തിലേക്ക് തുളഞ്ഞു കയറി, രക്തം ഊറ്റിക്കുടിച്ച് മാംസം ഭുജിച്ചു. നോവലിലെ മനോഹരമായ ആഖ്യാനശൈലി യാതൊരു തടസ്സവും അനുഭവപ്പെടാതെ കഥ വായിച്ചുപോകാന് സഹായിക്കുന്നതാണ്Aatujeevitham - Malayalam
By Benyamin. 2016
ബെന്യാമിൻ എഴുതിയ മലയാളം നോവലാണ് ആടുജീവിതം. വലിയ സ്വപ്നങ്ങളുമായി സൗദി അറേബ്യയിൽ ജോലിയ്ക്കായി പോയി വഞ്ചിക്കപ്പെട്ട്, മരുഭൂമിയിലെ ഒരു ആടുവളർത്തൽ കേന്ദ്രത്തിലെ ദാരുണസാഹചര്യങ്ങളിൽ മൂന്നിലേറെ വർഷം അടിമപ്പണി…
ചെയ്യേണ്ടി വന്ന നജീബ് എന്ന മലയാളി യുവാവിന്റെ കഥയാണ് ഈ കൃതി. 2008 ആഗസ്റ്റ് മാസം ആദ്യപതിപ്പിറങ്ങിയ ആടുജീവിതം, 2009-ൽ കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമിയുടെ ഏറ്റവും നല്ല മലയാളം നോവലിനുള്ള പുരസ്കാരം നേടി. 2015-ലെ പത്മപ്രഭാ പുരസ്കാരവും ലഭിച്ചു.Noottiyanchaam Muriyile Penkutty - Malayalam Edition: നൂറ്റിയഞ്ചാം മുറിയിലെ പെണ്കുട്ടി
By Chetan Bhagat. 2018
The Girl in Room 105 is the eighth novel and the tenth book overall written by the Indian author Chetan…
Bhagat. The book became a bestseller based on prearranged sales alone. [3] It tells about a IIT coaching class tutor who goes to wish his ex-girlfriend on her birthday and finds her murdered. The rest of the story is his journey where he stands by his ex-girlfriend after her death to find justice. The book also addresses the stereotypes and political issues we face in India. The novel opens up with a conversation of the author of the book, Chetan Bhagat with a fellow passenger on a midnight IndiGo flight from Hyderabad to Delhi. After an initial conversation, Chetan agrees to listen to the story of the fellow passenger. Soon after, the fellow passenger starts narrating his story to the author.Kappirikalude Nattil - Malayalam Edition: കാപ്പിരികളുടെ നാട്ടില്
By S K Pottekkatt. 1998
This little book describes what Pottekkad saw and experienced during his African tour (1949). At that time, East Africa was…
under white rule. Pottekkad describes the geography, lifestyles and liberation struggles of Africa, the characteristics of the social and cultural life of the African people and the problems of the Indians living in Africa. These descriptions make us experience the travel, thoughts, and feelings, with him. The travelogue also mentions Portuguese East Africa and southern Rhodesia.Padatha Pynkili (Sukhamulla Vayana Series): പാടാത്ത പൈങ്കിളി
By Muttathu Varkey. 2003
The story moves around marriage and dowry problems. It depicts the machinations of a wicked, though wealthy man, against a…
poverty-stricken, God-fearing school master, with the final defeat of evil in the end. This story is also adapted for a movie with the same name and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam (1957). Vendor Kutty, a wealthy villager, is jealous and scheming to marry his daughter Lucy (Shanthi) to the richest bachelor of the town. He is, however, jealous of Luke (T. S. Muthiah), the neighbour, who is a kind-hearted village school teacher and has a daughter Chinnamma, of marriageable age. Thankachan is the rich man of the locality and the prospective groom of Lucy. When he meets with an accident, both Chinnamma and Lucy happen to be there and Lucy rushes home to get some cloth for a bandage, the simple hearted Chinnamma tears her only upper cloth and offers first-aid to Thankachan. This simple act makes a bond between the two and Thankachan in turn offers financial help to Chinnamma when her father is taken sersiouly ill. Chinnamma is being engaged to the Beedi-maker, Chakkaravakkal, whose father demands a big dowry. Luke makes herculian effort to raise money but Kutty is determined to see that he is unable to secure the loan. Chinnamma's marriage is fixed for the day when Lucy is to be betrothed to Thankachan. The marriage party is at Luke's door. On the instigation of Kutty, Vakkan's father insists on the promised dowry. But the poor father is unable to produce it. The marriage stands dissolved. In the neighbourhood, Thankachan has come for his betrothal with Lucy. He comes to know of Luke's predicament. On the spur of the moment, he decides to marry Chinnamma and the story ends on a happy note.Anna Karenina - Malayalam Edition: അന്നാ കരെനീന
By Leo Tolstoy. 2012
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many writers…
consider Anna Karenina the greatest work of literature ever and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial instalments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger.Khasakkinte Ithihasam - Malayalam: ഖസാക്കിന്റെ ഇതിഹാസം
By O V Vijayan. 1969
Khasakkinte Itihasam does not have a single narrative plot. It is crafted in the form of the spiritual journey of…
an under-graduate dropout, Ravi, plagued by the guilt of an illicit affair he had with his stepmother. Ravi abandons a bright academic career and a research offer from Princeton University. He deserts his lover Padma and leaves on a long pilgrimage, which finally brings him to the small hamlet of Khasak near Palakkad. At Khasak, he starts a single-teacher school as part of the District Board’s education initiative. The novel begins with Ravi’s arrival at Khasak and his encounters with its people, Allappicha Mollakka, Appukkili, Shivaraman Nair, Madhavan Nair, Kuppuvachan, Maimoona, Khaliyar, Aliyar, and the students of his school like Kunhamina, Karuvu, Unipparadi, Kochusuhara and others. After some years, his lover Padma calls on him and Ravi decides to leave Khasak. He commits suicide through snake-bite while waiting for a bus at Koomankavu. The novel has no story-line per se. It recounts the numerous encounters of Khasak from a spiritual and philosophical frame of mind. Through these encounters, Vijayan narrates numerous stories, myths and superstitions cherished in Khasak. He places them in opposition to the scientific and rational world outside, which is now making inroads into the hamlet through Ravi's single-teacher school. The irony of the interface between these two worlds occupies substantial space in the novel. Through the myths and stories, Vijayan also explores similar encounters of the past recounted by the people of Khasak, enabling him to have a distinctly unique view of cultural encounters across time and space. It is considered as an epic of sin, sexuality, and self-destruction. Ravi and Padma are celebrated for their unfulfilled union and Ravi's feel of loss of self-esteem due to former sins. Palmera trees become a backdrop of almost the entire description.Chathans - Malayalam: ചാത്തൻസ്
By Vkn. 2006
The protoganist Chattans is a Malayalee stereotype known only to Malayalees. He represents a Local Party Assistant Leader, an agricultural…
worker who gives an in-depth review of what happened in China and Cuba. The book is about the struggles of the Chattans for the working people in a time when many revolutionaries became landlords after the land policy was passed. A well-crafted comic presentation of the current political scenario and it's ideologies through short stories.Bhranthan (HMT): ഭ്രാന്തന്
By Kahlil Gibran. 2011
This ebook is a slim volume of aphorisms and parables written in biblical cadence somewhere between poetry and prose (First…
published 1918). You ask me how I became a madman. It happened thus: One day, long before many gods were born, I woke from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen,—the seven masks I have fashioned and worn in seven lives,—I ran maskless through the crowded streets shouting, “Thieves, thieves, the cursed thieves.” Men and women laughed at me and some ran to their houses in fear of me. And when I reached the market place, a youth standing on a house-top cried, “He is a madman.” I looked up to behold him; the sun kissed my own naked face for the first time. For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted my masks no more. And as if in a trance I cried, “Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks.” Thus I became a madman. And I have found both freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us to enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief.Ayal - Tagore - Malayalam Edition: അയാള്
By Rabindranath Tagore. 2011
Tagore wrote He (Shey) to satisfy his nine-year-old granddaughter's demands for stories. Even as Tagore began to create his fantasy,…
he planned a story that had no end, and to keep the tales spinning he employed the help of 'Shey', a "man constituted entirely of words" and rather talented at concoting tall tales. So we enter the world of Shey's extraordinary adventures, encountering a bizarre cast of characters, grotesque creatures and caricatures of contemporary figures and events as well as mythological heroes and deities - all brought to life through a sparkling play of words and illustrations in Tagore's unique style.Eni Njan Urangatte - Malayalam: ഇനി ഞാന് ഉറങ്ങട്ടെ
By P K Balakrishnan. 1973
The novel's inspiration is the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. It may be regarded as a historically notable Malayalam-language novel as it…
has become a yardstick for epic Malayalam fiction, spawning many Mahabharata based-novels. The novel is the story of Karna, developed through the viewpoint of Draupadi in the reflection of her life story. The book begins at the end of the Kurukshetra War. Yudhishthira has just learned that Karna, the much-hated enemy of the Pandavas, killed by Arjuna is his brother. Draupadi, the wife of all the Pandava brothers, is unable to understand her sense of guilt surrounding the situation. However, she soon learns more about the once-hated Karna. Draupadi's feelings towards Karna change through the course of the novel. As the wife of all the Pandava brothers, she comes to realize, had Karna accepted the offer to become the eldest Pandava and consented to rule the kingdom, he would have been her husband. Draupadi considers life in retrospect, contemplating the life of Karna and unveiling his stature as a tragic hero. She recognizes the gallant warrior Karna has fallen before the prejudices of those who surround him. Karna becomes encompassed in an all-destructive war. Meanwhile, Draupadi, the chaste and dutiful wife of the Pandavas, also reflects on her understandings. She finds that the fundamentals and morals she had come to believe in life, crumbled before her own eyes. There is a sense of destruction and abandonment shared between these two characters. The book crafts a contemporary relevance to the tribulations of the tragic hero, Karna, and the struggles of the quintessential woman, Draupadi. PK Balakrishnan tells the story of Karna through the eyes of a woman in his award-winning novel Ini Njan Urangatte. This novel attracted the recognition of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi with the Award in the novel category and the Vayalar Award.