Ashokamitran Short Stories

Ashokamitran is a novelist, essayist and short story writer in Tamil, known to western readers through his translated works such as The Mole, The Eighteenth Parallel and Water. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award, India's highest literary honour for his collection of short stories entitled 'Appavin Snehitargal' ('Father's Friends') in 1996.Short stories in this collection:Ammavukku Oru Naal Ainooru Koppai Thattugal Prayanam Eli Puli Kalingyan Kaalamum Aindhu Kuzhandhaigalum Murai pen Appavin Snekidhar Silviya Saamiyarukku Oru Manappen