Description
In a village where caste dictates every breath, an “untouchable” young man is bound in a relationship of dependence to a landlord who is both paternal and powerful. As he tries to preserve a fragile sense of happiness, the story turns on the quiet violence of custom—how religious and social laws are treated as divine, shaping what people believe they are allowed to want, hope for, or resist. Through his struggle to navigate bondage, dignity, and belonging, the novel explores the complex nexus of caste and religion and the ways tradition can both shelter and suffocate. Perumal Murugan’s sharply observed, sensitively rendered prose brings a modern edge to timeless structures, illuminating the human cost of a world built to keep some lives permanently “in their place.”
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books India PVT, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2017
320 pages
ISBN: 9780143428367
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Details
First Published
2017
Language
eng
Translation
From: tam
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Seasons of the Palm by Perumal Murugan.