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A River Called Titash

A River Called Titash

Mallabarman, Adwaita
Bardhan, Kalpana
Bardhan, Kalpana

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Series: Voices from Asia, Book 7

Literary Fiction

ISBN10: 0520080505
ISBN13: 9780520080508
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Sep 10 1993
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.92 Depth: 8.88
Language: English
Originally published in 1956, A River Called Titash is among the most highly acclaimed novels in Bengali literature. A unique combination of folk poetry and ethnography, Adwaita Mallabarman's tale of a Malo fishing village at the turn of the century captures the songs, speech, rituals, and rhythms of a once self-sufficient community and culture swept away by natural catastrophe, modernization, and political conflict.

Both historical document and work of art, this lyrical novel provides an intimate view of a community of Hindu fishers and Muslim peasants, coexisting peacefully before the violent partition of Bengal between India and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Mallabarman's story documents a way of life that has all but disappeared.

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