A River Called Titash (Voices from Asia :, 7)
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Originally published in 1956, A River Called Titash is among the most highly acclaimed novels in Bengali literature. A unique combination of folk poetry and ethnography, Adwaita Mallabarman's tale of a Malo fishing village at the turn of the century captures the songs, speech, rituals, and rhythms of a once self-sufficient community and culture swept away by natural catastrophe, modernization, and political conflict.
Both historical document and work of art, this lyrical novel provides an intimate view of a community of Hindu fishers and Muslim peasants, coexisting peacefully before the violent partition of Bengal between India and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Mallabarman's story documents a way of life that has all but disappeared.
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Text: English, Bengali (translation)
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A River Called Titash (Voices from Asia :, 7)
A River Called Titash (Voices from Asia :, 7),Adwaita Mallabarman,University of California Press,0520080505,Fiction,India,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Folklore/Mythology,Literary Criticism & Collections / General
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