One Part Woman

One Part Woman (Tamil: [மாதொருபாகன்]; pronounced [mɑːd̪oɾʉbɑːgən]) is a Tamil novel written by Indian author Perumal Murugan. Initially published by Kalachuvadu Publications in 2010, it was later translated into English by Aniruddhan Vasudevan and published in 2013 in India by Penguin Books, and in 2018 in the US by Grove Atlantic. Set during the colonial era in the Southern state of Tamil Nadu in India, it deals with the social stigma that a married couple faces due to their childlessness, and the lengths they go to conceive.