19 കനാൽ റോഡ് | 19 Canal Road

by Sreebala K. Menon

A humorous take on the author's experience while living in Chennai as a paying guest.

102 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2003

About the author

Sreebala K Menon is a Malayali author, associate film director, and filmmaker who won the 2005 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for 'Best Humor' for her book 19, Canal Road.

Reviews

[Ahtims · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very entertaining read . Full of funny anecdotes about the author's life as a paying guest at 19 Canal Road, Chennai. The book first came out in 2003, and in the epilogue it is mentioned that 16 years have passed . So I assume the events took place in the late eighties .
I don't think I will forget the various people caricatured with precision and humor, especially Mami, Julie the dog , Jayanthi the maid , dance teacher , the young priest and the Japanese girl .
I could also brush up my broken, spoken Tamil via this book.

Would recommend this one to all Malayalam readers.

Will definitely read it again , some time in future .

[Hiran Venugopalan · Rating 5 out of 5]

കിടു‌. നല്ല എഴുത്ത്, നല്ല നർമ്മം. (ബുക്ക് വാങ്ങി തന്ന അമലിനു നന്ദി)

[Sanjay Krishna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny AF 😂

[Alex Poovathingal · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice recollection of the time the author spent in Chennai. A host of interesting characters that you would see no where else. A funny take on normal everyday things.

[Primal · Rating 3 out of 5]

ചെന്നൈയില്‍ താമസിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ ഉണ്ടായ രസകരമായ സംഭവങ്ങള്‍ ബഷീറിയന്‍ ആഖ്യാന രീതിയില്‍ പ്രതിപാധിചിരിക്കുന്നു.