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The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories

Sinha, Arunava
Sinha, Arunava

Paperback

Fiction AnthologiesClassic FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $25.00

ISBN10: 0241562643
ISBN13: 9780241562642
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jun 9 2026
Pages: 512
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.95 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.77
Language: English
A landmark anthology, staking a new claim for Bengali literature in English

A Penguin Classic

The 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. Writers 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. Across 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. A 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 aging 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.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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