Manu Bhattathiri
OccupationWriter, co-founder of Cheers! Communications
CitizenshipIndian

Manu Bhattathiri is the author of Savithri’s Special Room and Other Stories and The Town That Laughed.[1] He is also the co-founder of Cheers! Communications, an advertising agency based out of Bengaluru, India. The Town That Laughed has been listed by The Hindu as one of the top 10 books (fiction) of 2018.[2]

Works

The fictional town of Karuthupuzha is the setting for both of Manu Bhattathiri's works, Savithri's Special Room and The Town That Laughed. According to Bhattathiri, "it (Karuthupuzha) has enough violently funny, emotionally intense and beautifully imperfect people to write many stories about."[3] The Hindu's review of The Town That Laughed has this to say: "Where the author truly excels, however, is in his characterisation."[1] His style of writing, especially the setting of his stories in a small town, has been repeatedly compared to RK Narayan's Malgudi by The Hindu,[1] the New Indian Express,[4] and the Hindustan Times.[5]

Savithri's Special Room and Other Stories has been published by HarperCollins[6] while The Town That Laughed has been published by the Aleph Book Company.[7] Savithri's Special Room and Other Stories was on the shortlist of the Crossword Book Jury Award.[8] The Town That Laughed has been listed by The Hindu as one of the top 10 books (fiction) of 2018.[2]

Bhattathiri's latest book The Oracle of Karuthupuzha was published by Aleph Book Company on 10 April 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ghose, Mita (18 August 2018). "Joby and his friends: 'The Town That Laughed' by Manu Bhattathiri". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "The Hindu's top 10 fiction books of 2018". The Hindu. 22 December 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Turning on the rustic charm". Deccan Chronicle. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Beautiful fictions of karuthupuzha". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Review of Manu Bhattathiri's Savithri's Special Room and Other Stories". Hindustan Times. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "HarperCollinsPublishers India | Manu Bhattathiri". harpercollins.co.in. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Manu Bhattathiri". Aleph Book Company. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Gill, Harsimran. "A reader's guide to the five books on the fiction shortlist of the Crossword Book Jury Awards". Scroll.in. Retrieved 28 October 2018.



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