{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-bengali-short-stories-by-various-9780241562642","title":"The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA landmark new anthology of Bengali literature in English, including many previously untranslated stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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' Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWriters 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 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, from 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Various","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57176716280181,"sku":"9780241562642","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9780241562642.jpg?v=1778663684","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-penguin-book-of-bengali-short-stories-by-various-9780241562642","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}