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Tamil literature
Tamil has the longest continuous literary record of any Indian language — Sangam poetry predates most of what survives elsewhere by centuries — and a modern prose tradition that arrived late and then moved very fast. What collects here runs from the historical epics that everyone's grandmother read in weekly instalments to the spare, difficult fiction of the Tamil New Wave.
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Handa's surprise
Eileen Browne
Handa's surprise
Eileen Browne
Hōmar iliyatham.
Όμηρος
Hōmar iliyatham.
Όμηρος
Ilakkiya nayam.
R. Rajamani
Ilakkiya nayam.
R. Rajamani
Ilakkiyamum Kalveṭṭukkaḷum.
Catācivapaṇṭārattār, Ti. Vai.
Ilakkiyamum Kalveṭṭukkaḷum.
Catācivapaṇṭārattār, Ti. Vai.
Īlīscin̲ irakaciya nāṭkur̲ippa
Henriette Barkow
Īlīscin̲ irakaciya nāṭkur̲ippa
Henriette Barkow
Jen̲ipar =
Sidney Sheldon
Jen̲ipar =
Sidney Sheldon
Kālaccuvaṭu pativukaḷil Islām, 1994-2007
Kaḷantai Pīrmukammatu
Kālaccuvaṭu pativukaḷil Islām, 1994-2007
Kaḷantai Pīrmukammatu
Kālayantiram
H. G. Wells
Kālayantiram
H. G. Wells
Kamarupa Kathaigal
Charu Nivedita
Kamarupa Kathaigal
Charu Nivedita
Karṇāṭaka saṅkīta pustakam
P Sambamoorthy
Karṇāṭaka saṅkīta pustakam
P Sambamoorthy
Karukku
Pāmā.
Karukku
Pāmā.
Kaṭavuḷum nān̲um
Charu Nivedita
Kaṭavuḷum nān̲um
Charu Nivedita
Kilai nattuk kataikal
Marguerite Yourcenar
Kilai nattuk kataikal
Marguerite Yourcenar
Korvais made easy
M. N. Hariharan
Korvais made easy
M. N. Hariharan
Kriyāvin̲ tar̲kālat Tamil̲ akarāti
Pavoorchatram Rajagopal Subramanian
Kriyāvin̲ tar̲kālat Tamil̲ akarāti
Pavoorchatram Rajagopal Subramanian
Kural-portraits
Kalaiñar Mu Karuṇāniti
Kural-portraits
Kalaiñar Mu Karuṇāniti
Lārā =
Sidney Sheldon
Lārā =
Sidney Sheldon
Learn Tamil in 30 days
N. Jegtheesh
Learn Tamil in 30 days
N. Jegtheesh
Lima's Red Hot Chilli
David Mills
Lima's Red Hot Chilli
David Mills
Maanasa Yogam
Kanniah Yogi
Maanasa Yogam
Kanniah Yogi
Makātmā Kānti
Romain Rolland
Makātmā Kānti
Romain Rolland
Māṇikkavācakar aruḷiya Tiruvācakam
Mānikkavācakar
Māṇikkavācakar aruḷiya Tiruvācakam
Mānikkavācakar
Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler
Mīṇṭum tūṇṭil kataikaḷ
Cujātā
Mīṇṭum tūṇṭil kataikaḷ
Cujātā
Handa's surprise
Eileen Browne
Hōmar iliyatham.
Όμηρος
Hōmar iliyatham.
Όμηρος
Ilakkiya nayam.
R. Rajamani
Ilakkiya nayam.
R. Rajamani
Ilakkiyamum Kalveṭṭukkaḷum.
Catācivapaṇṭārattār, Ti. Vai.
Ilakkiyamum Kalveṭṭukkaḷum.
Catācivapaṇṭārattār, Ti. Vai.
Īlīscin̲ irakaciya nāṭkur̲ippa
Henriette Barkow
Īlīscin̲ irakaciya nāṭkur̲ippa
Henriette Barkow
Jen̲ipar =
Sidney Sheldon
Jen̲ipar =
Sidney Sheldon
Kālaccuvaṭu pativukaḷil Islām, 1994-2007
Kaḷantai Pīrmukammatu
Kālaccuvaṭu pativukaḷil Islām, 1994-2007
Kaḷantai Pīrmukammatu
Kālayantiram
H. G. Wells
Kālayantiram
H. G. Wells
Kamarupa Kathaigal
Charu Nivedita
Kamarupa Kathaigal
Charu Nivedita
Karṇāṭaka saṅkīta pustakam
P Sambamoorthy
Karṇāṭaka saṅkīta pustakam
P Sambamoorthy
Karukku
Pāmā.
Karukku
Pāmā.
Kaṭavuḷum nān̲um
Charu Nivedita
Kaṭavuḷum nān̲um
Charu Nivedita
Kilai nattuk kataikal
Marguerite Yourcenar
Kilai nattuk kataikal
Marguerite Yourcenar
Korvais made easy
M. N. Hariharan
Korvais made easy
M. N. Hariharan
Kriyāvin̲ tar̲kālat Tamil̲ akarāti
Pavoorchatram Rajagopal Subramanian
Kriyāvin̲ tar̲kālat Tamil̲ akarāti
Pavoorchatram Rajagopal Subramanian
Kural-portraits
Kalaiñar Mu Karuṇāniti
Kural-portraits
Kalaiñar Mu Karuṇāniti
Lārā =
Sidney Sheldon
Lārā =
Sidney Sheldon
Learn Tamil in 30 days
N. Jegtheesh
Learn Tamil in 30 days
N. Jegtheesh
Lima's Red Hot Chilli
David Mills
Lima's Red Hot Chilli
David Mills
Maanasa Yogam
Kanniah Yogi
Maanasa Yogam
Kanniah Yogi
Makātmā Kānti
Romain Rolland
Makātmā Kānti
Romain Rolland
Māṇikkavācakar aruḷiya Tiruvācakam
Mānikkavācakar
Māṇikkavācakar aruḷiya Tiruvācakam
Mānikkavācakar
Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler
Mīṇṭum tūṇṭil kataikaḷ
Cujātā
Mīṇṭum tūṇṭil kataikaḷ
Cujātā
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