K.SATCHIDANANDAN
Lathalakshmy is a a careful and sensitive short story writer who brings her poetic imagination to bear on her well-crafted fiction. She shows rare stylistic mastery and narrative mastery whose distinct proof lies in the brevity of her stories. She avoids verbosity and does not use even one unnecessary word which she thinks will break her fragile tales. Often she revisits legends and myths in order to bring about subtle shifts in their significance and remould their characters so that they bear the stamp of the present. Her narratives show great insight into human character and relationships. Each of her stories, as those in her outstanding collection, Silica, is a comment on the human condition, lyrical as well as philosophical. I do not find many writers of Lathalakshmy's caliber among the new generation fiction writers in Malayalam.
Lathalakshmy is a a careful and sensitive short story writer who brings her poetic imagination to bear on her well-crafted fiction. She shows rare stylistic mastery and narrative mastery whose distinct proof lies in the brevity of her stories. She avoids verbosity and does not use even one unnecessary word which she thinks will break her fragile tales. Often she revisits legends and myths in order to bring about subtle shifts in their significance and remould their characters so that they bear the stamp of the present. Her narratives show great insight into human character and relationships. Each of her stories, as those in her outstanding collection, Silica, is a comment on the human condition, lyrical as well as philosophical. I do not find many writers of Lathalakshmy's caliber among the new generation fiction writers in Malayalam.
