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100			_aJagadish Gupta _956752
245			_aPrimal issue: _bstories of women
260			_aHyderabad _bOrient Blackswan _c2020
300			_axxiv,119p. _bPB _c21x14cm.
365			_2English _a3496 _b308.00 _c₹ _d395.00 _e22% _f09-08-2022
520			_aJagadish Gupta was a pioneer of the great modernist movement that began in the last quarter of Rabindranath Tagore's life, and ushered in what was to become a glorious post-Tagore phase of Bengali literature. He wrote mainly novels and short stories, and drew both high praise and sharp criticism from Tagore. His works, often far ahead of their time, are marked for their unsentimental, analytical approach and fearless exploration of taboo themes. Having faced vitriol, poverty and neglect in his lifetime, he is now recognised as a landmark figure in Bengal's literary legacy. A Primal Issue is the first collection of his stories to appear in English. All the seven stories, with women as central protagonists, probe the deep undercurrents of life at individual, familial and social levels. Six of them focus unsparingly on the brutal realities of the day—child marriage, taboo on widow remarriage, polygamy, society's constant violation of women's humanity—and yet remain affirmative in their final impact. The seventh story is a delightful take on a common enough male fantasy. Together, these stories, written between the 1920s and 1930s, voice a defiance of conservatism that still resonates with undiminished power. Translated by Subrata Basu, the collection comes as a long overdue reminder of one of the great authors of Bengal.
650			_aIndian English Fiction _956753
650			_aIndian English Stories _956754
650			_aBengali Tr in English _956755
700			_aGUPTA (Jagadish) _956756
700			_aBASU (Subrata) Tr _956757
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