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The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told
- Narrated by: Swetanshu Bora
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Anthologies & Short Stories
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Publisher's Summary
Some of the world's finest short fiction has originated in and continues to flow from the cities, villages, rivers, forests and plains of Bengal. This selection features 21 of the very best stories from the region.
Here, the listener will find one of Rabindranath Tagore's most revered stories, 'The Kabuliwallah', in a new translation; memorable studies of ordinary people from Tarashankar and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay; the iconic Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's wrenching study of Bengali society, 'Mahesh'; as well as over a dozen other astounding stories by some of the greatest practitioners of the form - Buddhadeva Bose, Ashapurna Debi, Premendra Mitra, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mahasweta Devi, Sunil Gangopadhyay and Nabarun Bhattacharya, among others. These are stories of anger, loss, grief, disillusionment, magic, politics, trickery, humour and the darkness of mind and heart. They reimagine life in ways that make them unforgettable.
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- RG
- 02-12-19
Decent stories, uneven narration
I wish the stories had been read by a native Bengali speaker. The narrator Mis-pronounced up a lot of Bengali names and terms. For example, in the story “The Music Room”, the term “Ginni” (with a hard emphasis on the double n) was consistently pronounced as “Guinea”. Errors such as these would not have occurred with someone who was a native Bengali speaker.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-09-20
Best combination of short stories.
Liked all the stories. Narrated so well we can imagine the characters. Entertaining. Especially that era before independence is explained so well.
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- subha metya
- 09-09-19
Great collection and narration
Great selection of stories and very good narration as well.Narration transcends emotions in most part.
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- ashis kumar saha
- 18-03-19
good collection worth listening.
beautiful short stories of famous writers in the backdrop of daily lives which makes the listening enjoyable. Naration also very nice.
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- SM
- 13-12-18
A repertoire of good short stories.
Loved it. Had read many of them earlier but this compendium was an interesting one.