The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories
$20.25
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2026
Summary
A landmark anthology, staking a new claim for Bengali literature in English
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 c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241562642 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241562643 |
| Author: | Arunava Sinha |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 362g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 24mm |
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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, and is astonishingly productive – Philip Hensher * The Spectator *
About The Author
Arunava Sinha
Arunava Sinha translates classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction and non-fiction from Bangladesh and India into English. He also translates fiction from English into Bengali. Over eighty of his translations have been published so far in India, the UK and the USA. He teaches creative writing at Ashoka University, where he is also the co-director of the Ashoka Centre for Translation, and is the Books Editor at Scroll.in.
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