The Salt of the Earth, a book of short stories in Konkani by Dr Jayanti Naik (jaynaikam...@gmail.com), translated into English by Augusto Pinto (pinto...@gmail.com), will be released on Saturday December 10, at 11.30 pm in Zuari hall at International Centre, Goa (Dr Ernest Borges Road, Dona Paula) as part of the Goa Arts and Literary Festival.
Novelist, translator and author Jerry Pinto will release the book and be in conversation with Jayanti Naik and Augusto Pinto. Contents Preface 5 01. Biyantul: A Cinderella Story 8 02. The Fulfilment of a Desire 17 03. The Victory 36 04. The Curse of Vozhryo 45 05. An Account of Her Life 55 06. Ramaa 71 07. Naman: The Invocations 87 08. Fil’mine Mana 104 09. Life Sentence 111 10. Uma and the Human Sacrifice 123 11. Basvo: The Nandi Bull 140 Glossary 172 Afterword -- The Bahujan Writes Back 177 About the author 198 ISBN: 978-93-80739-85-4 Illustrations and cover: Bina Nayak http://www.binanayak.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/31531970985/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/31494019266/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/31494022006/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/31416477891/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/30691037344/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/30691031754/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/31416469171/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/31494015976/in/dateposted/ -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha | http://about.me/noronhafrederick | http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha _/ Goa,1556 CC shared audio content https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/