Softly Dies a Lake
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Akkineni Kutumbarao
Translated by Vasanth Kannabiran
This novel by the Telugu film director and writer Akkineni Kutumbarao revolves around Kolleru, a freshwater lake in Andhra Pradesh. It is narrated by a five-year-old, Seenu, and chronicles the people whose lives are intertwined with the lake and who are privy to a newly hostile and unpredictable environment.
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