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Author | Subhash Chandran |
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Language | Malayalam |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | DC Books |
Publication date | 2010 |
Publication place | India |
Pages | 372 |
Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award Kerala Sahitya Academy Award Odakkuzhal Award Vayalar Award |
ISBN | 9788126428397 |
Manushyanu Oru Aamukham is a Malayalam debut novel by Subhash Chandran. [1] The novel is set in Thachanakkara, a fictitious village in central Kerala, India, and has the central character named Jithendran. It was originally serialised in Mathrubhumi Weekly in 2009 and was published as a book by DC Books in 2010. The novel won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (2014), [2] Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2011), [3] Odakkuzhal Award (2011), FOKANA Award (2012), Bhasha Institute's Basheer Puraskaaram (2012), Kovilan Puraskaaram (2012) and Vayalar Award (2015). [4]
The novel was a critical success, and remains one of the best-selling books in Malayalam, selling more than 100,000 copies. The work was released in English translated by Dr Fathima E.V, Published by HarperCollins titled A Preface to Man [5]