by O. V. Vijayan
To save the people of Dharmapuri from their oppressive, racist President comes the mystic Siddhartha, in this novel translated from the Malayalam (a language of Southwest India) by the author. A series of vignettes propels the evil President and the good Siddhartha to flex their exaggerated muscles amid a perpetually changing cast of dozens--peasants, children, ministers, maids--whose exchanges translate the...
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