The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das

by Merrily Weisbord

Book Overview

Kamala Das (1934-2009) is one of India's most beloved and controversial literary figures. She was hailed and reviled as the first Indian woman to write an autobiographical cult classic about love and desire. Admirers dubbed her, "The First Feminist Emotional Revolutionary of Our Time." The tabloid press called her "The Love Queen of Malabar." Merrily Weisbord found Das's work so compelling that she flew to South India to meet her. The Love Queen of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773537910
• ISBN13: 9780773537910
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"