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#Smarakasilakal

Smarakasilakal (, ) is a Malayalam novel written by Punathil Kunjabdulla in 1977. The story of the novel is woven around a mosque and its surroundings. The key figure is Khan Bahadur Pookkoya Thangal of the rich Arakkal family whose character is a Read More..

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Description	Smarakasilakal (, ) is a Malayalam novel written by Punathil Kunjabdulla in 1977. The story of the novel is woven around a mosque and its surroundings. The key figure is Khan Bahadur Pookkoya Thangal of the rich Arakkal family whose character is a rare mixture of dignity, benevolence and insatiable lust.Smarakasilakal is widely regarded as the author's masterpiece. Punathil said in an interview that it is his only novel and everything else that he has written subsequently is a repetition of it with some changes. The novel won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980. As of February 2013, more than 65,000 copies of the novel have been sold.
Description	Smarakasilakal (, ) is a Malayalam novel written by Punathil Kunjabdulla in 1977. The story of the novel is woven around a mosque and its surroundings. The key figure is Khan Bahadur Pookkoya Thangal of the rich Arakkal family whose character is a rare mixture of dignity, benevolence and insatiable lust.Smarakasilakal is widely regarded as the author's masterpiece. Punathil said in an interview that it is his only novel and everything else that he has written subsequently is a repetition of it with some changes. The novel won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980. As of February 2013, more than 65,000 copies of the novel have been sold.

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Name	Smarakasilakal(Memorial Stones)
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Authors	Punathil Kunjabdulla
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Translator	Elzy Tharamangalam
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Genre	Novel
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Language	Malayalam
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Country	India
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Pages	238
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Media_type	Print
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Isbn	8-171-30181-9
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Publisher	DC Books
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Pub_date	1977/3//
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Tamilroja

7 years ago

The "Mosque"..

"Smarakasilakal" is a Malayalam novel written by Punathil Kunjabdulla in 1977. The story of the novel is woven around a mosque and its surroundings. The key figure of the story is Khan Bahadur Pookkoya Thangal who is a rare mixture of dignity, benevolence and insatiable lust. Every character reflects some aspect of the social set up, at the same time lives as a person of individuality. For me it shed me some light on thoughts and beliefs of Muslim society of kerala in and around independence.