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A landmark new anthology of Bengali literature in English, including many previously untranslated stories

''A splendid guide to unmapped lands [Sinha] is one of the best living translators at work bringing the Bengali classics into English he writes with exceptional elegance and wit, and is astonishingly productive.'' - The Spectator

The prose short story arrived in Bengal in the wake of British colonizers, and Bengali writers quickly made the form their own. By the twentieth century a profusion of literary magazines and journals meant they were being avidly read by millions.

Writers responded to this hunger for words with a ferocious energy which reflected the turmoil of their times: these 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 in

The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories

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A landmark new anthology of Bengali literature in English, including many previously untranslated stories ''A splendid guide to unmapped lands... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 3/28/2024
    ISBN13: 9780241562635, 978-0241562635
    ISBN10: 0241562635

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    A landmark new anthology of Bengali literature in English, including many previously untranslated stories

    ''A splendid guide to unmapped lands [Sinha] is one of the best living translators at work bringing the Bengali classics into English he writes with exceptional elegance and wit, and is astonishingly productive.'' - The Spectator

    The prose short story arrived in Bengal in the wake of British colonizers, and Bengali writers quickly made the form their own. By the twentieth century a profusion of literary magazines and journals meant they were being avidly read by millions.

    Writers responded to this hunger for words with a ferocious energy which reflected the turmoil of their times: these 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 in

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