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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