02-04-2008, 02:57 AM
I have finally managed to finish Ponniyan Selvan and Parthiban Kanavu (in translation) and I would recommend both, but I have to say Ponniyan Selvan is one of the best novels I ever read (on par with the Count of Monte Cristo), it's quite lengthy (2400 pages in all from what i saw on the net and divided into 5 volumes) but I never got bored and as far as I am concerned the author should have kept going, the ending I thought was abrupt and he seems to have realised this himself from the tons of readers letters he got so at the end he answered many of their question's regarding the later life of the characters thus setting the tone for a sequel (Udayar, Kaviri Mainthan have been written as sequels but i don't how good they are).
Parthiban Kanavu is also good, it's quite short (276 pgs) and fast paced, but it's nowhere near PS in my opinion, I am waiting for Sivagamiyin Sabadham to be translated (wish i could to read Tamizh now but I am too lazy and i don't even if it's possible after i am this old).
PS is set during Raja Raja Chozha's time while PK is set in Narasimhavarma Pallava's time.
Parthiban Kanavu is also good, it's quite short (276 pgs) and fast paced, but it's nowhere near PS in my opinion, I am waiting for Sivagamiyin Sabadham to be translated (wish i could to read Tamizh now but I am too lazy and i don't even if it's possible after i am this old).
PS is set during Raja Raja Chozha's time while PK is set in Narasimhavarma Pallava's time.