The Boy who talked to trees (book)
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The Boy who talked to trees is a collection of short stories by Yashwant V. Chittal
who received the Sahitya Akademi Award
in 1983. The book was translated into English by Ramachandra Shrama and Padma Ramachandra in 1994 published by Penguin Books
. The book includes 13 stories, all set in the fictional village of Hanehalli
or in Bandra a suburban area in the city of Mumbai. Each of the stories in this collection revolves around a situation in which ordinary men and women are subjected to pressures so extreme… that it will test their capacity to the truly human. A piece Katheyadalu Hudugi (The Girl Who Became A story) received the National award.
Yashwant V. Chittal
Yashwant Vithoba Chittal is one of the leading Kannada fiction writers and an Academy award recipient for his work Purusottama....
who received the Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
in 1983. The book was translated into English by Ramachandra Shrama and Padma Ramachandra in 1994 published by Penguin Books
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
. The book includes 13 stories, all set in the fictional village of Hanehalli
Bankikodla-Hanehalli
Bankikodla-Hanehalli , twin villages of Uttar Kannada district are neighbouring villages in a valley in the south western section of Karnataka, India. Together they form a community of people from different castes and religions....
or in Bandra a suburban area in the city of Mumbai. Each of the stories in this collection revolves around a situation in which ordinary men and women are subjected to pressures so extreme… that it will test their capacity to the truly human. A piece Katheyadalu Hudugi (The Girl Who Became A story) received the National award.