Benyamin 1971- creator text ii 2012 monographic eng mal

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255 pages ; 20 cm "Najeeb's dearest wish is to work in the Gulf and earn enough money to send back home. He achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents, grim and absurd, into a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert. Memories of the lush, verdant landscape of his village and his loving family haunt Najeeb, whose only solace is the companionship of goats. In the end, the lonely young man contrives a hazardous scheme to escape his desert prison. 'Goat Days' was published to aclaim in Malayalam and became a bestseller. One of the brilliant new talents of Malayalam literature, Benyamin's wry and tender telling transforms this strange and bitter comedy of Najeeb's life in the desert into a universal tale of loneliness and alienation"--Publisher's description, back cover. Benyamin ; translated from the Malayalam by Joseph Koyippally. Translation of: Aadu jeevitham. Winner of the Kerala Literary Academy Award in 2009. a-su--- Enslaved persons Fiction Human rights Saudi Arabia Fiction MLCS 2012/01554 (P) PL4718.9.B3485 894.81263 BEN/G 9780143416333 0143416332 2012339467 Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office DGU 120823 20230905105357.0 17546945