பூக்குழி

aka Pūkkuḻi; Flower Pot

Pyre

Author

Perumal Murugan

Language

Tamil

Year

2013

Country

India

Genre

Novel

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Pyre is a novel by Perumal Murugan that describes a love story within social caste-induced hatred. It was originally published in Tamil in 2013 and subsequently translated into English by Aniruddhan Vasudevan in 2016. The novel was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017. It was also selected for the International Booker Prize longlist 2023.