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A simple “slice of life” story set in a provincial town in Bengal, this novella gleefully and inexorably pulls its reader into the complex, intertwined lives of its characters—people whose mundane insignificance is redeemed by their inextinguishable humanity, their capacity for hope and transcendent imagination. Narrated with Gangapodhyay’s characteristic wry humor, the novella is beautifully crafted, its various threads weaving a complicated tapestry in which the richly imaginative inner worlds of the characters and the harsh, implacable material world they inhabit seep into each other, blurring lines and creating vital connections.
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Shyamal Gangopadhyay (25 March 1933 – 24 September 2001) was a Bengali novelist and editor. He received Sahitya Academy Award in 1993 for the novel of Shahjada Darasukoh, In his long literary career he has written novels, short stories, poems and stories for children. Regarded as one of the most enigmatic, underrated voices of Bengali Prose, Gangopadhyay’s work outran the lash of time by the power of their sympathetic portrayal of human lives, universality of perception and brilliant storytelling.
Dr. Chaiti Mitra is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan College, Kolkata, and Guest Faculty at the Post Graduate Department of English, West Bengal State University. While her academic research interests include women’s writings and narratives of trauma and resistance, she has also been steadily nurturing her passion for translation.
| Weight | 0.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 20 × 15 × 1 cm |
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| ISBN-13 | 978-8196395971 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 213 |
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