The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories

The short story tells the many stories of Bengali literature like no other form can. Arriving in Bengal in the wake of British colonisers, Bengali writers quickly made the prose short story their own, and by the twentieth century, a profusion of literary magazines and journals meant that short stories were being avidly read by millions. Writers responded to this hunger for words with a ferocious energy which reflected the turmoil of their times: their stories covered land wars, famine, the caste system, religious conflict, patriarchy, Partition and the liberation war that saw the emergence of the independent country of Bangladesh. Across these shifting geographical borders, writers also looked inward, evolving new literary styles and stretching the possibilities of social realism, political fiction, and intimate domestic tales. A first in English, this anthology gathers together a century's worth of extraordinary stories. From a woman who eats fish in secret to the woes of an ageing local footballer, the anxieties of a middle-class union rep to a lawyer who stumbles upon a philosopher's stone, this is a collection that celebrates making art of life, in all its difficulty and joy.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2024
Editors:	Arunava Sinha
Authors:	Various
Dimensions:	240 x 156 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Pages:	608
ISBN-13:	978-0-241-56263-5
Subtitles:	Bengali
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-241-56263-5
Barcode:	9780241562635

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