Where Are You Going, You Monkeys?

The celebrated folklorist Ki. Rajanarayanan (1923-2021) spent over 80 years collecting the weirdest and wildest tales of the karisal mannu, the black-soil region around Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India.This book contains a gallery of jealous husbands and conniving goddesses, pious sparrows and randy mice, jewel-crazy girl ghosts and angry star demons, as well as a chapter of "e;naughty & dirty"e; folktales!Translated from the Tamil by Pritham K. Chakravarthy. Includes 8 illustrations by Trotsky Marudu.