About the Book: He, My Beloved C J
Rosy Thomass best-known work, He, My Beloved C J, is a vivid and heartfelt
memoir of her husband, C J Thomas, the iconic Malayalam playwright and literary
critic. Their love story is the stuff that legends are made of, as is her
memoir. Rosy writes about their life together with verve and subtlety, weaving
memories, reflections, and anecdotes together, to create an account that is as
much about the cultural and political churning in mid-20th c. Kerala, as it is
that of an unusual and unconventional marriage. Yet her narrative resolutely
refuses to either romanticise love or sentimentalise