{"product_id":"the-abyss-by-jeyamohan","title":"The Abyss by Jeyamohan","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Transit Books: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaw, tender, and darkly comic,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis widely considered a masterpiece from Jeyamohan, a writer whose body of work has shaped modern Tamil literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePothivelu Pandaram is known as a successful, God-fearing man about town: he has a loyal wife, three daughters, and money to pay for their dowries. However, it's an open secret that his success is fueled by a trade that is as profitable as it is cruel: he owns--and breeds--a group of physically deformed beggars and places them outside temples to collect money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is Mangandi Samy, with just one arm, no legs, and \"a little head on top,\" who only speaks in divine songs he himself invents; Ahmedkutty, an intellectual whose testicles hang to the floor \"like two great pumpkins\"; Muthammai, mother to eighteen children. To Pandaram, they are only \"items,\" to be bought and sold like cattle. But when he makes an impulsive trade, his luck turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with an unflinching eye and suffused with a deep existential longing,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an extraordinary novel--for its terrain, its fundamental questions about humanity, and its depiction of human suffering and liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52293039751461,"sku":"9798893380040","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail_0a0636e2-2b59-48e6-b30a-d5d57dfaba5c.gif?v=1777584034","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/the-abyss-by-jeyamohan","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}