Bear with Me, Mother: Memoirs and Stories

Pages: 354 (9 B/W Illustrations)

From back of the book
Writer and filmmaker M.T. Vasudevan Nair, popularly known as MT, is one of the most illustrious

cultural icons of modern Kerala. Chronicling the decadence of a magnificent and uninterrupted

agrarian civilization in the lush county side of central Kerala, his novels and short stories won

him the Juanpith and several central and state Sahitya Akademi awards. MTs work as screenwriter

and director is Indian cinema at its finest.

To readers in English this book of memories and stories offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a

literary master who recollects the people, places and ideas that inspired his stories. Featured in

this collection are anecdotes, accounts of journeys, a homage, meditations on the literary craft,

personal photographs and such classic stories as The Soul of Darkness and Elder Sister Oppol.



About the Author
M.T. Vasudevan Nair was born on 15 July 1933 in Kudallur village in Kerala and was the youngest of

four brothers. He began to rite very early in the life, and his short story Valarthumrigangal,

written while he was a student at Victoria College, Palakkad, won the first prize in the World

Short Story Competition conducted by the New York Herald Tribune.

He went on the win several literary awards, including the Central Sahitya Akademi Award for his

novel Kaalam (1970); three Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards: one for the novel Naalukettu (1959), the

second for the play Gopuranadayil (1978) and the third for the short story Swargam Thurakkunna

Samayam (1981). He was given the prestigious Jnanpith Award in 1995.

Vasudevan Nair has been associated with Malayalam cinema since 1965. He has directed six feature