{"product_id":"khwabnama-arunava-sinha-s-translation-of-one-of-the-greatest-bengali-novels-that-depict-the-socio-political-scene-in-rural-pre-partition-bangladesh-english-fiction-book-penguin-books","title":"Khwabnama: Arunava Sinha’s translation of one of the greatest Bengali novels that depict the socio-political scene in rural pre-partition Bangladesh | English Fiction Book, Penguin Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elias, Akhtaruzzaman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 552\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 12-07-2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \"I would have considered myself blessed if I could have achieved a fraction of his quality in my writing\" - Mahasweta Devi\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBengal in the 1940s. Having overcome the famine and the revolt of the sharecroppers, Bengal's peasants are uniting. Work is scarce and wages are low. There is barely any food to be had. The proposal for the formation of Pakistan, the elections of 1946, and communal riots are rewriting the contours of history furiously. Amidst all this, in an unnamed village, a familiar corporeal spirit plunges into knee-deep mud. This is Tamiz's father, the man in possession of Khwabnama.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAt first glance, Khwabnama is the tale of a harmless young farmhand who becomes a sharecropper and dreams of a future that has everything to do with the land that he cultivates and the soil that he tills. The fabric of his dreams, though, have as much to do with the history of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe land as its future, and as much to do with memories as with hope.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this magnum opus, which documents the Tebhaga movement, wherein peasants demanded two-thirds of the harvest they produced on the land owned by zamindars, Akhtaruzzaman Elias has created an extraordinary tale of magical realism, blending memory with reality, legend with history and the struggle of marginalized people with the stories of their ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780670087211\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.8 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51224722112816,"sku":"PrakashBooks_9780670087211","price":675.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/912uTd8qtdS.jpg?v=1774543212","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/khwabnama-arunava-sinha-s-translation-of-one-of-the-greatest-bengali-novels-that-depict-the-socio-political-scene-in-rural-pre-partition-bangladesh-english-fiction-book-penguin-books","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}