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A selection of fourteen classic short stories from Bengal The Way Home brings together in one volume fourteen stories representing the very best of contemporary Bengali short fiction. Showcasing some of Bengals finest writers at their creative bestBibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay and Rajshekhar Basu, Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Ashapurna Devithese stories deal with a myriad human themes that are at once individual and universal. From The Brahmin, Tarashankar Bandopadhyays treatise on greed, gluttony and tragic human experience, to The Fugitive and the Stalkers, Sunil Gangopadhyays trenchant tale of violence and retribution set in the days of the Naxal movement in Bengal from Samaresh Basus harrowing look at poverty and its degrading effect in The Crossing to Narendranath Mitras lyrical take on the impact of triple talaq on Muslim women in Sap, the collection evokes different lifestyles while reflecting problems and issues with which we can all identify. Sensitively translated, the stories in The Way Home effortlessly convey the lyricism and imagery of the originals while providing a riveting insight into the works of acknowledged masters of the genre.

A selection of fourteen classic short stories from Bengal The Way Home brings together in one volume fourteen stories representing the very best of contemporary Bengali short fiction. Showcasing some of Bengals finest writers at their creative bestBibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay and Rajshekhar Basu, Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Ashapurna Devithese stories deal with a myriad human themes that are at once individual and universal. From The Brahmin, Tarashankar Bandopadhyays treatise on greed, gluttony and tragic human experience, to The Fugitive and the Stalkers, Sunil Gangopadhyays trenchant tale of violence and retribution set in the days of the Naxal movement in Bengal from...  Read More