Author: Upendrakishore Roychoudhury
Translator(s): Swagata Deb
Publisher: Penguin/Puffin
Year: 2004/3
Language: English
Pages: 167
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143335898
Description
Goopy and Bagha are dedicated but unsuccessful musicians who are cast out of their homes because their music drives their families and neighbours crazy. In the forest, they meet the king of ghosts, and pleased with their music, he grants them boons which change their lives forever. This enchanting story was made into a film by Satyajit Ray, which remains one of the classics of Indian cinema.
Artist, musician and man of science, Upendrakishore Roychoudhury was a man of many parts. But it is for his writing for children that he is best remembered. This book is a selection of the best of his stories and the most fascinating of his characters: Tuntuni, the little bird; the clever fox; Majantali Sarkar, the cat; the intrepid Granny Hunchback, and many others.
Swagata Deb’s vibrant translation brings Upendrakishore’s unique magic to a wider audience.
Contents
TALES OF MEN
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Kenaram Becharam
Dukhiram
The Monkey Prince
The Ghangosaur’s Tale
TALES OF GRANDMOTHERS
Clever Granny Hunchback
Poor Granny Licey
TALES OF BIRDS
How Tuntuni Fooled the Pussycat
How Tuntuni Sacred the Barber
How the King Lost His Nose
The Sparrow and the Crow
The Sparrow and the Tiger
TALES OF FOXES
The Tiger, the Fox and the Lion’s Uncle
Uncle Tiger and Nephew Fox
How the Weaver Married the Princess
The Witness Fox
The Stupid Crocodile and the Learned Fox
TALES OF A CAT
Majantali Sarkar