Until now the large body of socially focused Bengali literature has remained little known to Western readers. This collection includes some of the finest examples of Bengali short storiesstories that reflect the turmoil of a changing society traditionally characterized by rigid hierarchical structures of privilege and class differentiation.
Written over a span of roughly ninety years from the early 1890s to the late 1970s, the twenty stories in this collection represent the work of five authors. Their characters, drawn from widely varying social groups, often find themselves caught up in tumultuous political and social upheaval.The reader encounters Rabindranath Thakur's extraordinarily spirited and bold heroines; Manik Bandyopadhyay's peasants, laborers, fisherfolk, and outcastes; and Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay's rural underclass of snake-charmers, corpse-handlers, stick-wielders, potters, witches, and Vaishnava minstrels. Mahasweta Devi gives voice to the semi-landless tribals and untouchables effectively denied the rights guaranteed them by the Constitution; Hasan Azizul Huq depicts the plight of the impoverished of Bangladesh.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Kalpana Bardhan is a research associate at the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
"A powerful portrait of the oppressed and the forms of oppression that occur in India."Theodore Riccardi, Jr., Columbia University
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 3,58
In U.S.A.
Da: Book ReViews, Newton, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Red cloth-bound book with gold lettering on spine. In very good condition; moderate cover wear, sticker residue on back cover, occasional highlighting and pencil markings within, "Used Books" stamped on top and bottom sides of text block. Codice articolo H4410
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Some light rubbing and edgewear. Text is clean and tight in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Codice articolo 100434
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
Condizione: very good. Berkeley : University of California Press,1990. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. viii,330 pp. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780520067134. Keywords : , Asia. Codice articolo 75052
Quantità: 1 disponibili