Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum
Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum (The Beautiful and the Handsome) is a 1958 Malayalam novel written by Uroob (P. C. Kuttikrishnan). Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum along with Ummachu are considered the best works by Uroob and are ranked among the finest novels in Malayalam.[1]
Plot summary
The novel has about thirty characters belonging to three generations of eight families belonging to
Publication
Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum was serialised in
Genre
As revealed in the preface, the author himself is non-committal about the genre to which the book falls into and leaves the question to critics and readers, adding that he had a story to tell and he has told it. Literary critic
Awards
Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, India's most prestigious literary award, in 1960. It also got the Asan Centenary Award in 1973, a special award given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi for the most outstanding work since Independence.
References
- ^ a b Mohan Lal, ed. (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 4230.