Saheb Bibi Golam

Author: Bimal Mitra
Translator(s): Subash Chandra Sarker / Suchitra Sarker
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 617
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123740689

Description

Bengal in the last decades of nineteenth century and the early decades of the next was a cauldron of change. A weakening old order symbolized by feudal regalia was giving away bringing in its wake sweeping social, material and cultural transformation. Caught in the midst of these changes is the house of the Chowdhurys.

Through the eyes of the narrator, Bhutnath, whose life is inextricably linked with the Chowdhury household and his extraordinary relationship with the youngest lady of the house, the novel not only tells us the story of its gradual decline but also the disintegration of a feudal system. And a profound statement on life and its destiny.