Aranyak : Of the Forest

Aranyak : Of the Forest

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Author: Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhaya
Translator: Rimli Bhattacharya
Publisher: Seagull Books
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 270
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817046191X

Description

Aranyak, composed between 1937-39, was based on Bibhutibhushan's long and arduous years in northern Bihar, where he came into contact with a part of the world, that, even now, remains unknown to most of us.

In Aranyak, Bhibhutibhushan weaves visionary poetry with a stark and uncompromising documentation of the day-to-day lives of the dispossessed subsistence peasants, penurious Brahmans, migrant landless laborers and adivasis. To this world the writer brings his own lifelong interest in the natural sciences and astronomy, his study of historical records and surveys and his familiarity with the lore of travel books.

This classic will be of much interest to all lovers of literature and to those involved with environment / displacement issues the world over. Aranyak has been translated into many Indian languages.

The is the first complete translation of the novel in English.

Contents

Translator's Acknowledgements

On the Author

Introduction

A Note on the Translation

Aranyak: Of the Forest

Appendix A: A Glossary of Select Terms

Appendix B: Works by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyaya