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.
© 2020 Storyside IN (Audiobook): 9789389860115
Release date
Audiobook: 15 April 2020
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.
© 2020 Storyside IN (Audiobook): 9789389860115
Release date
Audiobook: 15 April 2020
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Chaitra
7 Jun 2021
Though the book didn’t follow a certain story line, it shows Mohanaswamy’s and two other men’s journey into accepting themselves and seeking acceptance.
Subbarayan
1 Sept 2021
Without knowing where I would be taken I started my journey.At first for the narrator asif Ali, I chose that book Mohanasamy.Atlast the the way it was narrated has made me become erotic . No doubt it arouses raging inner fire.
Sandhya
18 Jul 2022
Disgusting books. Analogies are compared to temples sanctum santorium.Only an insane person can write and narrate this kinda book.
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