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Now available in English for the first time this great novel is easily one of the most discussed novel in contemporary India and widely acclaimed as a literary landmark.It is a magnificient tale which flows through Maghadhan Patliputra , the kingdom of oudh, the British Raj and into a time of independence.
The plaintive song of the boatman on the Padma, a green haze of rice fields turning to gold in the light of the setting sun, the romance of Bengal caught and held in the silvery net of a fisherman's haul.... Ambitious, subtle and intricately structured, Fireflies in the Mist spans nearly four decades of East Bengal's history, from the dawn of nationalism to the restless aftermath of the bloody struggle for an independent Bangladesh. At the centre of this ...
A new 1999 translation of A short story and Two Novellas of a leading Winning of Urdu fiction in India, who was awarded the Bhartiya Jnanpith, India's highest literary award. The days and months that preceded and followed August 1947 were filled with most horrific acts of physical violence. There were violations of trust; they wounded and maimed the psyches of their victims, leaving the bodies intact. And their time - that season of betrayals - lasted longer than ...