Beggar's Bedlam - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nabarun Bhattacharya, Rijula Das (Translator)Series:India ListPublish date:2024-11-04Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:Seagull BooksISBN-13:9781803093789ISBN-10:1803093781UPC:9781803093789Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Dystopian, World LiteratureBook Topic:IndiaSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.2302Product ID:SCJ78FVTYV
Beggar's Bedlam
A hilarious and absurdist take on the political landscape of West Bengal, India. Beggar's Bedlam is a surreal novel that unleashes the chaos of the carnival on the familiar. Part literary descendent of Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita and part a reconstruction of lost Bengali history, Nabarun Bhattacharya's masterpiece is a jubilant, fizzing wire of subaltern anarchy and insurrection. ...
Series: India List
Language:EnglishPublisher:Seagull BooksISBN-13:9781803093789ISBN-10:1803093781UPC:9781803093789Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Dystopian, World LiteratureBook Topic:IndiaSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.2302Product ID:SCJ78FVTYV
Nabarun Bhattacharya (1948-2014) was a prominent Bengali writer who enjoyed cult following in his lifetime and beyond. A journalist from 1973 to 1991 at a foreign news agency, he gave up that career to become a full-time writer. Novelist and short-story writer, he was also a prolific poet. Rijula Das is a novelist and translator. Her work has been translated into French, Russian and German.
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