‘Aadujeevitham’ (Goat Days:English Translation:will publish on April 2012) a Malayalam novel:written by Benyamin, has received many accolades : 2009 Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award; Abudabhi Shakthi Award; K.A Kodungaloor Award; Dubai Pravasi Book Trust Award; Norka Roots Pravasi Award; Youth India Award 2011 etc… This acclaimed novel will be translating to English by Penguin Books as "Goat Days" by April 2012. The Tamil translation is published with "Adujeevitham" , while Hindi translation is at its preliminary stages and will be publishing with "Zindaki Bakri Ki" by next year.

The life of Najeeb who had been to Riyad and conned(For Najeeb it is still a mystery if he had been conned or taken/kidnapped for a wrong Visa) and considered Batha Police Station as heaven rather than his Arbab’s place (Najeeb’ Boss and who was the Owner of Masra). The novel makes us to think, what we may do when we have been isolated into a dessert. Through out his life at dessert Najeeb realised the importance of Water. Ultimately, the books underscore the importance of Freedom . Later Najeeb and Hakeem trying to escape from the dessert with the help of Ibrahim Ghadri and that is another journey we will make while reading “Aadujeevitham”. We will be taking our soul through nuance feeling and at its different level when we have been introduced Goats in Masra and its life, Sainu(wife of Najeeb), Umma(Mother of Najeeb), Ibrahim Ghadri(A saviour for Najeeb), Kunjikka(Later Najeeb is reaching here).

The Novel gives a good introduction by itself by the quote “The life which we have not experienced is only a Fiction to us”. Later, the book is dedicating to Najeeb, Hakeem and for all the Souls who died out of thirst in dessert. This gives the impression the Novel is of full of Thought Provoking Facts. Later, the reader must be in a curious excitement to know how the novel is going to take its turn in each page and how the climax would be like due to its natural blend of humour and the fact it narrates. The style at which Benyamin delineate is quite unique and that is why he is stand out among writers. We will have a different experience once we finished this book and while on the journey it takes us to different relam.

We must recommend this book highly for all those voracious readers and who have been dreaming to make reading as their hobby or activity. This will definitely inculcate the reading habit in everybody.

The work of K.Shereef(Illustrations), Rajesh Chalode (Cover Design) should be appreciated for making this book very attractive.

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