Thursday, February 3, 2011

Irul Varum Neram

Yet another Sujatha novel. In short it is about the consequences of a rape incident and the behavioral change between the affected couple.

The narrative of the story is dialogue-oriented while the description is in third person. The narrative style is linear, alternating point of view between husband-wife, inspector, witness and the accused. Although linear, very few times the author uses non-linear style to show the romance between husband and wife.

The characterization is brilliant and is portrayed through dialogues. Professor and his wife through english and tamil mixed dialogues, inspector through his sacrcastic dialogues and mixed mind of the accused. One such instance is when mother of accused says

'அன்னையும் பிதாவும்' அப்பிடின்னு என்னமோ சொல்வாங்களே அதை அவனிடம் சொல்லு

This dialogue portrays the illiterate, uneducated mother.

The story doesn't seem to lose its pace anywhere in between. Few dialogues remain in heart even after completing the book.

சட்டம்ங்கிரது சாக்கடையில வைரம் எடுக்கிற மாதிரி.

நாமெல்லாம் நல்ல டிரஸ் போட்டுண்டு இருக்கோம், இந்த சகதிலே கால் வைக்க முடியாது.

A nice read.

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