A River Called Titash
Adwaita MallabarmanOriginally 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Both historical document and work of art, this lyrical novel provides an intimate view of a community of Hindu fishers and Muslim peasants, coexisting peacefully before the violent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.
Рік:
1993
Видання:
Reprint 2019
Видавництво:
University of California Press
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
296
ISBN 10:
0520913183
ISBN 13:
9780520913189
Серії:
Voices from Asia; 7
Файл:
PDF, 15.70 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1993