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The Ballad of Day and Night: A Bengali Masterpiece of Psychological Realism
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Heramba is a man of intellect-a cynical scholar who has spent his life dissecting human emotions like a scientist. But logic fails him when he is caught between the two gravitational pulls of his life: Supriya and Sarojini.
Supriya is the Day. Intense, brilliant, and destructive. Her love is a scorching sun that demands everything and leaves only ashes in its wake. She is the fire of the past that Heramba cannot escape a tragedy that refuses to end.
Sarojini is the Night. Silent, mysterious, and healing. She is the sanctuary of shadows in a remote village, offering a life of labor and simplicity. With her, Heramba finds a strange peace-the quiet dignity of being no one.
As Heramba journeys from the decaying spiritual halls of Kashi to the rhythmic looms of a weavers' village, he must confront the ultimate existential question: Can a man ever truly outrun his own shadow?
In this hauntingly beautiful translation of Manik Bandyopadhyay's classic, The Ballad of Day and Night explores:
- A deep dive into the dark corners of the human heart, and the thin line between love and obsession
- The struggle to find meaning in a world of intellectual vanity.
- From one of the greatest voices in Indian literature, now available for a global audience.
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