Broken Bread: Short Stories Of Modern Bengal
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: poor. Jacket: heavily chipped and worn; moderate loss. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: cracked with net showing, no loose pages.
Broken Bread: Short Stories of Modern Bengal is a rare and illuminating anthology that brings the vibrant literary culture of Bengal to an English-speaking audience. Compiled, edited, and translated by Lila Ray, the collection chronicles the lives, struggles, and intimate moments of ordinary Bengali men and women during one of the most turbulent periods of the subcontinent's modern history. Each story draws from the rich tradition of Bengali short fiction, presenting voices that range from the quietly domestic to the politically charged, all rendered with Ray's careful and nuanced hand. The anthology stands as a significant act of cultural preservation and cross-cultural bridge-building, capturing the social tensions, partition-era anxieties, and everyday human dignity that defined mid-twentieth-century Bengal. Ray's translations do not merely transpose language; they transmit atmosphere, sentiment, and the unmistakable cadence of a literary tradition that produced writers of world renown. For readers curious about the inner life of a society at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, this collection offers a rare and irreplaceable window.
Author: Lila Ray
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, M. C. Sarkar & Sons Private Ltd.
Genre: Anthology
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: poor. Jacket: heavily chipped and worn; moderate loss. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: cracked with net showing, no loose pages.
Broken Bread: Short Stories of Modern Bengal is a rare and illuminating anthology that brings the vibrant literary culture of Bengal to an English-speaking audience. Compiled, edited, and translated by Lila Ray, the collection chronicles the lives, struggles, and intimate moments of ordinary Bengali men and women during one of the most turbulent periods of the subcontinent's modern history. Each story draws from the rich tradition of Bengali short fiction, presenting voices that range from the quietly domestic to the politically charged, all rendered with Ray's careful and nuanced hand. The anthology stands as a significant act of cultural preservation and cross-cultural bridge-building, capturing the social tensions, partition-era anxieties, and everyday human dignity that defined mid-twentieth-century Bengal. Ray's translations do not merely transpose language; they transmit atmosphere, sentiment, and the unmistakable cadence of a literary tradition that produced writers of world renown. For readers curious about the inner life of a society at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, this collection offers a rare and irreplaceable window.