Bengal the Beautiful
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An English version of the sixty-two sonnets written in 1934 which became a totemic symbol of freedom in Bangladesh's 1971 War of Independence.
Jibanananda Das Boeken
Jibanananda Das geldt als misschien wel de populairste Bengaalse dichter, erkend als een sleutelprecursor van het modernisme in de Bengaalse literatuur. Hoewel zijn ongebruikelijke poëtische dictie, woordkeuzes en thematische voorkeuren aanvankelijk tijd nodig hadden om te resoneren, veroverde zijn werk uiteindelijk de harten van de lezers. Tegen het einde van de twintigste eeuw was Das' poëzie de bepalende essentie van het modernisme binnen de Bengaalse poëzie geworden.
One of the greatest poets of the subcontinent, Jibanananda Das (1899-1954) redefined the parameters of Bengali poetry in the wake of the impression left by the work of his more traditional compatriot, Rabindranath Tagore. This book presents an English translation of his poetry. schovat popis
Malloban
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- 9 uur lezen
Malloban is set in North Calcutta in the winter of 1929. The eponymous protagonist, a lower-middle-class office worker, lives in College Street-a locality known for its bookstores, publishing houses, and universities-with his wife Utpala and their daughter Monu. The novel unfolds through a series of everyday scenes of dysfunction and discontent: bickering about bathrooms and budgeting, family trips to the zoo and the movies, a visit from Utpala's brother's family which displaces Malloban to a boarding house, and the appearance of a frequent late-night visitor to Utpala's upstairs bedroom. Meanwhile, the daughter Monu bears the brunt of her parents' "unlove." Arguably the most beloved poet in modern Bangla after Tagore, Jibanananda wrote a significant number of novels and short stories discovered and published after his death. Malloban is his most popular novel.