The Sound of the Kiss, or The Story That Must Never Be Told

Composed in the mid-sixteenth century, The Sound of the Kiss , or The Story That Must Never Be Told , could be considered the first novel written in South Asia. Telugu, the language spoken in today's Andhra Pradesh region of southern India, has a classical literary tradition extending over a thousand years. Suranna's masterpiece comes from a period of intense creativity in Telugu, when great poets produced strikingly modern innovations. The novel explodes preconceived ideas about early South Ind