The sound of the kiss, or the story that must never be told / Pingali Suranna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piṅgaḷi Sūrana, author.

Contributor:

Rao, Velcheru Narayana.

Shulman, David.

Series:

Translations from the Asian Classics Series

Translations from the Asian Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piṅga?i Sūrana.

Telugu literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Sound of the kiss

Story that must never be told

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Composed in the mid-sixteenth century, The Sound of the Kiss, or The Story That Must Never Be Told, could be considered the first novel written in South Asia. Telugu, the language spoken in today's Andhra Pradesh region of southern India, has a classical literary tradition extending over a thousand years. Suranna's masterpiece comes from a period of intense creativity in Telugu, when great poets produced strikingly modern innovations. The novel explodes preconceived ideas about early South Indian literature: for example, that the characters lack interiority, that the language is formulaic, and that Telugu texts are mere translations of earlier Sanskrit works. Employing the poetic style known as campu, which mixes verse and prose, Pingali Suranna's work transcends our notions of traditional narrative. "I wanted to have the structure of a complex narrative no one had ever known," he said of his great novel, "with rich evocations of erotic love, and also descriptions of gods and temples that would be a joy to listen to."The Sound of the Kiss is both a gripping love story and a profound meditation on mind and language. Shulman and Rao include a thorough introduction that provides a broader understanding of, and appreciation for, the complexities and subtleties of this text.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Pronunciation

Introduction

The Beginning

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Invitation to a Second Reading

Appendix

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231500968

0231500963

OCLC:

1013951899