Jantranar Uttaradhikar (Bengali Version)

Book Details

• Translation & Commentary: Parimal Bhattacharya

• Publisher: Ababhash

• Language: Bengali

• ISBN: 9789380732046

• Pages: 152 + 16 B/W Photographs

• First Edition: October 2010

• Second Edition: August 2016

• Third Print: August 2022

• Format: Paperback

• Size: 18 x 12 cm

• Price: ₹

About the Book
The twentieth century witnessed unspeakable violence—war, genocide, Holocaust, riots—yet human creativity refused to be silenced. This powerful volume gathers writings forged in the crucible of pain and memory, showing how art becomes both testimony and resistance.

Through selections from figures such as Pablo Neruda, Federico Garcia Lorca, Jean-Paul Sartre, Paul Eluard, Luis Bunuel, Urvashi Butalia, and Andrei Tarkovsky—among others—the book explores how words and images confront brutality and preserve collective memory.

With translation and commentary by Parimal Bhattacharya, the work reflects on how suffering is transformed into artistic expression. The inclusion of 16 black-and-white photographs enhances the visual and emotional texture of the text.

Spanning 152 pages, this paperback stands as a testament to resilience, creativity, and the enduring inheritance of pain.