Volume 2:
Showcasing a range of writers of diverse styles and sensibilities, this two-volume anthology constitutes a selection of the seminal works of innovative writing in Malayalam, the language of Kerala, which has in recent years exerted a profound influence on the Indian literary imagination. The product of a fruitful alliance of writers and translators, this anthology represents a century and more of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fictional prose by authors from varied social and cultural backgrounds. Both volumes are supported by a general introduction, introductions to individual sections, and biographical notes on the authors.
This volume on fiction embodies the several transformations of the genre in the twentieth century. The stories and excerpts here demonstrate a resistance to historical linearity and illustrate Malayalam fiction’s abiding fascination for experiment at the level of form and content.

Volume 1. Poetry, drama, and prose -- volume 2. Fiction.

FICTION
Introduction

O. CHANDU MENON: Indulekha
POTHERI KUNHAMBU: Saraswativijayam
C.V. RAMAN PILLAI: Dharmaraja
KAROOR NEELAKANTA PILLAI: Wooden Dolls
P. KESAVA DEV: Cool Drink
PONKUNNAM VARKEY: The Whispering Plough
LALITHAMBIKA ANTHARJANAM: Admission of Guilt
THAKAZHI SIVASANKARA PILLAI: In the Flood
S.K. POTTEKKAT: A Journey Abroad
UROOB: The Beautiful and the Handsome
K. SARASWATI AMMA: Trees for Shade
T.K.C. VADUTHALA: Sweet-Offering at Chankranti
PATTATHUVILA KARUNAKARAN: Akbar’s Upanishad
O.V. VIJAYAN: The Legends of Khasak
C.V. SREERAMAN: Razor’s Edge
T. PADMANABHAN: The Girl Who Spreads Light
V.K.N.: The Colonel
M.T. VASUDEVAN NAIR: Naalukettu
KAKKANADAN: Srichakram
U.A. KHADER: Aghorasivam
ANAND: Govardhan’s Travels
P. VATSALA: Agneyam
M.P. NARAYANA PILLAI: The Court of King George the Sixth
PAUL CHIRAKKARODE: The Pulaya Ghetto
PUNATHIL KUNHABDULLA: Memorial Stones
NARAYAN: Kocharethi: The Arayar Woman
SETHU: Pandavapuram
M. MUKUNDAN: On the Banks of the Mayyazhi
M. SUKUMARAN: Broken Glasses
PAUL ZACHARIA: Till You See the Looking Glass
SARAH JOSEPH: Black Chinks
MAYTHIL RADHAKRISHNAN: Pythagoras
N.S. MADHAVAN: Higuita
C. AYYAPPAN: Spectral Speech
GRACY: Orotha and the Spirits
N. PRABHAKARAN: A Path in the Moonshine
C.V. BALAKRISHNAN: The Book of Life
CHANDRAMATHI: The (Postmodern) Story of Jyoti Vishwanath
T.V. KOCHUBAVA: Old-Age Home
ASHITHA: In the Moonlit Land
ASHOKAN CHARUVIL: City of Sunflowers
GEETHA HIRANYAN: The Unorganized
P. SURENDRAN: The Cry of the Earth
PRIYA A.S.: Onion Curry and the Table of Nine
K.R. MEERA: The Vein of Memory
SANTHOSH ECHIKKANAM: The Scent of the Prey
SUBHASH CHANDRAN: The Couch
S. SITHARA: Fire

Includes bibliographical references.