Author Jeyamohan and editor Adam Levy discuss The Abyss—a masterpiece of modern Tamil literatyre.

​Join us for the second edition of our Transit Book Club Salon, an intimate event series featuring behind-the-scenes discussions on Transit titles. Our discussion will feature Jeyamohan, author of The Abyss, and publisher Adam Levy.

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Jeyamohan is a preeminent writer in modern Tamil literature. His works of fiction examine fundamental human questions while being rooted in the spiritual, cultural and literary traditions of India. Venmurasu, his reimagination of the epic Mahabharata over a novel-series of twenty-six parts, is considered one of the longest literary works in the world. His other major works include the novels Vishnupuram, Kottravai, Pin Thodarum Nizhalin Kural, Kaadu, and Ezhaam Ulagam (The Abyss). He is the founder of several important cultural initiatives in Tamil, including a literary organization called the Vishnupuram Literary Circle, an encyclopedia of Tamil culture called Tamil Wiki, and an institute that offers courses in philosophy, cultural and religious studies called Nityavanam. The Abyss is his second work to be available in English, following his short story collection Stories of the True, which was a finalist for the National Translation Award in 2023. Jeyamohan lives in Nagercoil, India.

Adam Levy is the co-publisher of Transit Books.