Summary:
Yama’s collection titled Oru Vayanasala Viplavam questions the received understanding regarding the function of libraries and clichéd perceptions surrounding the woman as reader. These are women who offer names for our undefined aches and hurts, who make us confront the paradoxes of our compromised lives. It is as though the writer realises that women cannot be emancipated as long as the structures of society that oppress them remain intact. In contrast, the woman in Cinema Theatre is a woman filled with the urge to live. The writer is Professor, Institute of English, University of KeralaOru Vayanasala ViplavamPublisher: DC BooksPrice: Rs 115.