A River Called Titash (Voices from Asia) (Volume 7)
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A River Called Titash (Voices from Asia) (Volume 7)
Book Details
- Author
- Adwaita Mallabarman
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Criticism & Theory
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780520080508
- ISBN-10
- 0520080505
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ISBN: 0520080505
Author: Mallabarman, Adwaita
Condition: New
Originally 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self-sufficient community and culture swept away by natural catastrophe, modernization, and political conflict.Both historical document and work of art, this lyrical novel provides an intimate view of a community of Hindu fishers and Muslim peasants, coexisting peacefully before the violent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.
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