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Girls for Sale

Girls for Sale Kanayasulkam, a Play from Colonial India

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First staged in 1892, the South Indian play Girls for Sale (Kanyasulkam) is considered the greatest modern work of Telugu literature and the first major drama written in an Indian language that critiqued British colonialism's effects on Indian society. Filled with humor, biting social commentary, parody, and masquerade, the plot revolves around a clever courtesan, a young widow, and a very old man who wants to buy as his wife a very young girl. Velcheru Narayana Rao has prepared the first idiomatic English translation, with notes and a critical essay. Itself a masterpiece of Indian literature in translation, this edition makes Apparao's work available to new audiences.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780253219138
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 894.82725
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 280
Weight: 381g
Height: 234mm
Width: 161mm
Spine width: 17mm