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080			_a82-3 _bMAR
100			_aMary, Sandhya
245			_aMaria, Just Maria
260			_bHarperCollins Publishers _c2024 _aGurugram
300			_avi, 235p.
520			_aNow in a psychiatric hospital, as she begins the process of 'reconnecting with reality', Maria recalls her journey of being 'just Maria' - a girl born into a Syrian Christian family in Kerala, whose companions were a grandfather who took her along to wander around the village and its toddy shops, a great-aunt with dementia who challenged Maria's position as the youngest in the family, a dog with a penchant for philosophy, various long-dead family members including a great-grandmother with a knack for prophecies, a patron saint who insisted on interfering in people's affairs, and Karthav Eesho Mishiha with whom Maria has regular conversations. Sandhya Mary's novel Maria, Just Maria - masterfully translated by the award-winning Jayasree Kalathil - is an insightful and humorous take on ideas like normal-abnormal, natural-human, love-hate, etc. that define contemporary society, and the exuberant and moving story of a woman trying to find her place in this world.
650			_aMalayalam Translation
650			_aFiction
690			_aGeneral
700			_aKalathil, Jayasree (Translator)
942			_cBK
999			_c60308 _d60308