Pick up "Poovan Pazham" (The Guava) by Basheer. It is barely four pages long. It will make you laugh, cry, and miss a fruit you’ve never eaten.
If you haven’t read Malayalam short fiction yet, you are missing out on some of the most psychologically intense and beautifully understated prose in the world. malayalam short story writers
For non-Malayalis, there are excellent translations available (by OUP and DC Books). If you love Chekhov, you will love MT. If you love Maupassant, you will worship Thakazhi. Pick up "Poovan Pazham" (The Guava) by Basheer
