Rights Information

Published in English by Archipela books.
A selecting Ambai’s stories Published in French by Zulma.
All other language rights are available.

Reviews

Ambai's stories are boldly experimental, pointing to the real source of the best Indian fiction . . . She makes use of polyphony, fragmentation, and multiple perspectives, and her translator succeeds in capturing her technical virtuosity.

-Times Literary Supplement

Author Biography

For over four decades, Ambai, pseudonym for C.S LAKSHMI, has written fiction that reverberates with the ideals of feminism and a sensitive grasp of socio-cultural realities. She has also authored a pioneering research monograph, The Face Behind the Mask: Women in Tamil Literature (1984). Ambai’s intricate stories constantly reinvent
the form of the short story, tantalizing and delighting the reader.
They interweave lives, articulating the real experiences of
women and communicating their silences in words and
images. A mix of narrative forms – letters, dispatches,
journals, emails, memos and articles – adds variety. Many collections of her Tamil short stories have been published in English to international acclaim. She won the Crossword award for the collection In a Forest, A Deer.