The Best of Satyajit Ray

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This collection includes twenty-one extraordinary stories from a master storyteller. Hilarious and sinister by turns, this is perfect bedtime reading for those who like their terror seasoned with a pinch of humor, and a collector’s item for all Ray aficionados. For several decades now, Satyajit Ray’s tales about unusual happenings and bizarre characters rooted in familiar surroundings have both regaled and terrified his readers, young and old alike. Here finally are the very best of his short stories, available together for the first time between two covers. In these pages, you will encounter— ‘The Hungry Septopus’, a carnivorous plant with a monstrous appetite ‘Barin Bhowmick’, a kleptomaniac who is taken back several years by a chance encounter on a train ‘Patol Babu’, an amateur actor for whom a walk-on part in a movie turns into the ultimate challeng ‘Bipin Chowdhury’, who seems to be suffering from a most disagreeable bout of amnesia ‘Bonku Babu’, a mofussil schoolteacher who is visited one night by a friendly and somewhat awkward alien ‘Ashamanja Babu’s Dog’, who bursts out laughing one morning ‘Anath Babu’, a ghost hunter who finds himself being stalked by his terrifying quarry and many, many more unforgettable characters.This collection features four new stories, translated specially for this volume, including ‘Pikoo’s Diary’, Ray’s masterpiece about a small boy’s perception of his mother’s adulterous affair, written as a child’s diary. It also contains all eight short stories that Satyajit Ray translated himself into English.Hilarious and sinister by turns, this is perfect bedtime reading for those who like their terror seasoned with a pinch of humor, and a collector’s item for all Ray afictionados.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray (1921-92) was one of the greatest filmmakers of his time, renowned for films like Pather Panchali, Charulata, ARanyer Din Ratri and Ghare Baire. He was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1992, and in the same year, was also honoured with the Bharat Ratna. Ray was also a writer of repute, and his short stories, novellas, poems and articles, written in Bengalim have been immensely popular ever since they first began to appear in the children's magazine Sandesh in 1961. Among his most famous creation are the master sleuth Feluda and the scientist Professor Shonku.

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Title
The Best of Satyajit Ray
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
0143028057
Length
301p.
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