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050 00 PL4758.9.P389|bM3313 2018 
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100 0  Perumāḷmurukaṉ,|eauthor. 
240 10 Maadhorubaagan.|lEnglish 
245 10 One part woman /|cPerumal Murugan ; translated from the 
       Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan. 
250    First Grove Atlantic paperback edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBlack Cat,|c2018. 
264  4 |c©2013 
300    245 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "Selling over 100,000 copies in India, where it was 
       published first in the original Tamil and then in this 
       celebrated English translation, One Part Woman has become 
       a cult phenomenon in the subcontinent, jump-starting 
       conversations about caste and female empowerment. Set in 
       rural South India during the British colonial period, it 
       follows a couple, Kali and Ponna, who are unable to 
       conceive. Kali and Ponna try everything to please their 
       parents and have a child, including circumambulating a 
       mountain supposed to cure barren women, but none of the 
       offerings or rituals helps. A more drastic plan is 
       required, so Kali and Ponna's mothers agree that Ponna 
       should go to the annual chariot festival, a celebration of
       the half-male, half-female god Maadhorubaagan. On the 
       eighteenth night of the festival, there is an immense 
       carnival, during which the rules of marriage are relaxed, 
       and consensual sex between unmarried men and women is 
       overlooked, for all men are considered gods. But rather 
       than bring them together, this scheme threatens to drive 
       the couple apart. Wryly amusing and deeply poignant, One 
       Part Woman is a powerful exploration of a loving marriage 
       strained by the expectations of others"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Spouses|vFiction. 
650  0 Infertility|vFiction. 
651  0 India|vFiction. 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
700 0  Aniruddhan Vasudevan,|etranslator. 
994    C0|bCKE