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    Mohanaswamy
    Mohanaswamy
    Mohanaswamy
    Audiobook6 hours

    Mohanaswamy

    Written by Vasudhendra

    Narrated by Asif Ali Beg

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    Mohanaswamy has just lost his long-time partner, Karthik, to a woman. Even as he scrutinizes himself, the choices he's made, the friends and lovers he's gained and lost, Mohanaswamy dreams of living a simple, dignified life. A life that would allow him to leave, even forget, the humiliation and fears of adolescence, the slurs his mind still carries around – gandu sule, hennu huli – and the despair that made him crave to conform. A coming out of the closet for Vasudhendra himself, these stories of homosexual love and lives jolted Kannada readers out of their notions of the literary and the palatable. The gritty narratives of Mohanaswamy explore sexuality, urbanisation and class with a nuance and an unflinching honesty that will both unnerve and move readers in English and serve as a fine introduction to one of the strongest voices in Kannada literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStoryside IN
    Release dateJul 15, 2020
    ISBN9789389860115

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