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| Author | M. Mukundan |
|---|---|
| Original title | Daivathinte Vikrithikal |
| Translator | Prema Jayakumar |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Penguin Books India, DC Books |
Publication date | 13 December 1989 |
| Publication place | India |
Published in English | 30 October 2002 |
| Pages | 254 |
| Awards | Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award N. V. Prize |
God's Mischief (Malayalam: ദൈവത്തിന്റെ വികൃതികള്, Daivathinte Vikrithikal) is a 1989 Malayalam novel written by M. Mukundan. Like most of Mukundan's works, this novel too is based in Mayyazhi, better known once as Mahé, the French colony after it was decolonised.[1][2][3] The story centres on a magician, Father Alfonso, his daughter, Elsee and an Ayurveda Vaidyar Kumaran and his two twin sons and how their life changes after the land is decolonised. The novel won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and the N. V. Prize. It was adapted into a film by noted director Lenin Rajendran in 1992.
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- ^ Ravi Shankar Etteth NA (18 November 2002). "Heart of memory". India Today. Retrieved 1 July 2013.