''Visappu'' (''Hunger'') is a collection of short stories by

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), popularly referred to as the Beypore Sultan, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, a humanist and an Indian independence activist. He was a novelist and short story writer not ...

published in 1954. The collection includes Basheer's first story " Ente Thankam" (My Darling) which is titled "Thankam" in the book. This story originally appeared in the

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the central business district of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the namesake of Ernakulam district. The eastern part of Kochi city is mainly known as Ernakulam, while the western part of it after the Venduruthy Bridge ...

-based newspaper ''Jayakesari'' in the year 1937. The other stories include "Visappu" (Hunger), "Marunnu" (Medicine) and "Pishachu" (Devil). ''Visappu'' is considered as a modern classic in south Asian literature.

List of stories

# "Thankam" # "Shashinas" # "Hridayanatha" # "Marunnu" # "Nammude Hridayangal" # "Pishachu" # "Visappu"

References

1954 short story collections Short story collections by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Malayalam-language books Malayalam short stories Indian short story collections {{1950s-story-collection-stub