02220cam a22004457i 4500 6221 6221 17546945 OSt 20200127193752.0 120823s2012 ii 000 1 eng d 2012339467 9780143416333 0143416332 I-E-2012-339467; 25 (OCoLC)ocn807987684 (OCoLC)807987684 Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office DGU DGU OCLCO SINTU DKAGE YDXCP DLC eng mal lccopycat lcode a-su--- MLCS 2012/01554 (P) PL4718.9.B3485 894.812 63 BEN 23 PL4718.9.B3485 G573 Benyāmin, 1971- Āṭujīvitaṃ. English Goat days / Benyamin ; translated from the Malayalam by Joseph Koyippally. New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2012. 255 pages ; 20 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Translation of: Aadu jeevitham. Winner of the Kerala Literary Academy Award in 2009. "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. Slaves Fiction. Human rights Saudi Arabia Fiction. 7 cbc copycat 4 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc STL 0 0 ddc 0 0 Stack II 130/1 AIISH AIISH 2020-01-27 1 894.812 63 BEN 21097 2021-10-25 00:00:00 2021-06-29 2020-01-27 STL