Author: Sukumar Ray
Translator(s): Sampurna Chattarji
Publisher: Penguin/Puffin
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 175
ISBN/UPC (if available): 014333588X
Description
The Bengali language has never been quite so much a living, breathing creature of whimsy as in Sukumar Ray’s hands, and his creations-wild and wicked, dreamy and delirious-have thrilled children and adults alike. This selection offers you the best of his world-pun-riddled, fun-fiddled poetry from Abol Tabol and Khai-Khai, stories of schoolboy pranks (Pagla Dashu) and madcap explorers (Heshoram Hushiyarer Diary), and the unforgettable harum-scarum classic Haw-Jaw-Baw-Raw-Law, presented here for the firs time in its entirety. All the stories and poems are accompanied by Sukumar Ray’s inimitable illustrations.
Sampurna Chattarji’s lively new translation captures the magical nonsense groove of the Bengali original through a freewheeling play of sound and sense. This book is sure to captivate Sukumar Ray fans and win him a whole new generation of admirers.
Contents
Translator’s Note
FROM ABOL TABOL
Glibberish-Gibberish
Mish-Mash
Wise Old Woody
Pumpkin-Grumpkin
The Ol’ Crone’s Home
Wonster
Wordygurdyboom!
Where Do they Go On A Wild Goose Chase?
Making It Clear
Dopey-Mopey Olli
Blow Hot Blow Cold
The Billy Hawk Calf
Limey Cow
Notebook
One-off Into Two
Fear Not
Tickling Tom
Uncle’s Contraption
A One and a Two
Very Strange
Stand-alones Together
FROM KHAI-KHAI
Pre Amble
Ripe And Ready
Greedy Guts
The Green-eyed Monsters’ Song
Huffy-Puffy
No Wonder He’s A Donkey!
Why?
OTHER POEMS
Nonsense Gone-sense
Picture Book
Show-off
For Better Or For Verse
HAW-JAW-BAW-RAW-LAW
Hanky-Panky
FROM PAGLA DASHU
Dashu the Dotty One
FROM BOHURUPEE
A Story
Gorgondola
OTHER STORIES
Really
The Diary Of Cautious Chuckleonymous