Author: Satyajit Ray
Translator: Gopa Majumdar
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 323
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143027743
Description
A haunting collection of stories from a master of suspense and intrigue. This collection showcases some of Satyajit Ray's memorable explorations into the twilight territories of the peculiar and the supernatural.
These twenty extraordinary tales will send shivers up your spine, ensure you keep the lights on when you go to bed at night, and - occasionally - allow you the luxury of nervous laughter.
In 'Bhuto', a ventriloquist's dummy slowly but surely turns malign and more human than its master; in 'The Pterodactyl's Egg' we meet a man who claims to have devised a way to travel, economy-class, into the fourth dimension; in 'Anath Babu's Terror' a ghost-hunter finds himself stalked by his terrifying quarry; and in 'Shibu and the Monster', a schoolboy has to figure out whether his maths teacher is really a demon or not, before time runs out…..
This new edition also included a bonus : a new translation of 'Fotikchand', Ray's memorable adventure story about a kidnapped boy suffering from amnesia.
Contents
Translator's Note
Fritz
Bhuto
The Pterodactyl's Egg
Barin Bhowmik's Ailment
Chameleon
The Maths Teacher, Mr Pink and Tipu
My Brown's Cottage
Sadhan Babu's Suspicions
Stranger
Load Shedding
Spotlight
The Vicious Vampire
Anukul
The Millionaire
Shibu and the Monster
The Citation
Anath Babu's Terror
The Admirer
Gagan Chowdhury's Studio
Fotikchand