KOZHIKODE: ‘Manushyanu Oru Aamukham’ was a reply to the writers of yesteryears who had been complaining of the shallow life and writing style of new generation writers, said novelist Subhash Chandran, after winning the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for the same work. The novel took 10 years to complete.
“The synopsis of this novel was written almost 12 years ago under the title ‘Novel Samgraham.’ ‘Manushyanu Oru Aamukham’ had been developing in my mind for almost 10 years, though its writing part took nearly two years. No life remains shallow, no experience remains shallow. Serious writing will generate, irrespective of generations, and only the phases and perspectives change,” Subhash said.
For the narration of the work, where the protagonist writes to his beloved, Subhash Chandran said he lifted the sentences directly from the passionate letters he had sent to his life partner.
“The letters that we had been exchanging from so many rented houses in Kozhikode and which have been still kept safe, could very well narrate the anxieties of the protagonist. For any generation, old or young, when the experiences are intense, writing can never be shallow,” he said.