Jeyamohan

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B. Jayamohan, or B. Jeyamohan is a noted Tamil writer and literary critic from Nagercoil in the south of Tamil Nadu.

Jayamohan's novels, and in particular his style which is quite influenced by postmodernism, are considered by many Tamils to have changed the literary landscape of modern Tamil writing. His best-known, and critically most acclaimed, novel is Vishnupuram, set in an imaginary land and showing some elements of magic realism. Other well-known novels include Rubber, Pin thodarum nizhalin kural, Kanyaakumari, Kaadu and Eazhaavadhu Ulagam.

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