Bengali Literature

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.

A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way.

A laugh-out-loud, tug-at-your-heartstrings tale of love, family, and freedom centered around three generations of Bengali women. Somlata has just married into the dynastic but declining Mitra family. At eighteen, she expects to settle into her role as a devout wife in this traditional...

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. More than a century later, his stories still feel startlingly alive. In Selected Short Stories, one of the world's great literary voices turns his clear, compassionate...

ছোট টিনা তার দিদুনএর সাথে কেনাকাটা করার সময় খুঁজে পায় একটি উজ্জ্বল নীল কেটলি । এটা কোন সাধারণ কেটলি না |তবে এমন একটা কেটলি যা তাকে সাহায্য করতে পারে সমস্ত ইতিহাস জুড়ে ভ্রমণে।.

Nikhil is a passive landowner. His houseguest is Sandip, a headstrong anti-imperialist. Between them is Nikhil’s wife, Bimala, dutiful to her conventional husband yet drawn to the fiery independence and bold flirtations of the charismatic Sandip. As Bimala questions her role as a woman and the possibilities for her life outside marriage, the three undergo an emotional struggle that will change their lives forever—just as their country undergoes a radical upheaval of its own.

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The novel ‘Shesh Potro’ is a true-life portrayal of teenage love. Although apparently love is the source of many joys and sorrows, it is reflected here that it is a driving force in adolescent growth and interpersonal relationships. Adolescent love in a rural socio-cultural environment is quite emotional. It may live on in the shadow of memory, though largely unspoken and incomplete. Then in adulthood, when opportunities for unquestionable expression and mutual recognition open, love triumphs.

Five different mystery thrillers set in different countries, with the most unexpected endings.

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A 17th-century legend of a headless horseman comes alive in the 21st century with the wooden statue of a horse.

The kidnapping of three different people, which happened in three different places, and the role of three fathers to save their sons.