AUTHOR : Anita Agnihotri        TRANSLATED BY:  Arunava Sinha

GENRE :TRANSLATION (BANGLA)

QUICK TAKE: 

 'This novel, which tells the shocking story of rural men and a peasant life destined to sink into misery, is a must-read in contemporary India.’  

SYNOPSIS:

A Through the lives of farmers, migrant labourers and activists in Marathwada and western Maharashtra, Agnihotri illuminates,with shocking clarity, a series of intersecting and overlapping crises: female foeticide, sexual assault, the violence of caste, feudal labour relations, farmers’ suicides and climate change in all its manifestations. She infuses a gripping fictional narrative with anthropology, geography and political economy, remaking the form of the novel as a way to bear witness. From Vaishali, trying to rebuild her life after her husband’s suicide, to Yashwant, a dhaba owner driven to activism by his mother’s murder, Agnihotri’s indictment of Indian society is grounded in individual lives. Formally radical, incendiary and deeply humane, this novel tells the darkest truths about contemporary India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :  

Anita has published over thirty books, and her literary oeuvre spans poetry, novels, short stories, writing for children and critiques of development. She has won numerous literary awards in Bengal, including the Sarat Puraskar, the Pratibha Basu Sahitya Puraskar and the Bhuban Mohini Dasi Gold Medal from the University of Kolkata. Her writing has been translated into several Indian languages and also German and Swedish.

BINDING : Hardbound 

PAGES: 280