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Galpa: Short Stories by Bengali Women
Niaz (Ed) Zaman
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Description for Galpa: Short Stories by Bengali Women
Paperback. This anthology of translated short stories is representative of the variety of issues that women from Bangladesh tackle in their writings. It includes stories about the 1971 War of Liberation, women's 'honour', mother-daughter relationships, the vagaries of marriage and contemporary political corruption. Editor(s): Zaman, Niaz; Azim, Firdous. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
This vibrant and thought-provoking anthology of translated short stories is representative of the variety of issues that women from Bangladesh tackle in their writings. It includes stories about the 1971 War of Liberation, women's 'honour', mother-daughter relationships, the vagaries of marriage and contemporary political corruption. Well-established women writers such as Selina Hossain and Nasreen Jehan are represented here, along with emerging writers, the better to evoke the broad range of Bangladeshi women's literary voices. Daring in both form and theme, these stories reveal the exciting transformation that fiction writing is currently experiencing on the contemporary literary scene.
This vibrant and thought-provoking anthology of translated short stories is representative of the variety of issues that women from Bangladesh tackle in their writings. It includes stories about the 1971 War of Liberation, women's 'honour', mother-daughter relationships, the vagaries of marriage and contemporary political corruption. Well-established women writers such as Selina Hossain and Nasreen Jehan are represented here, along with emerging writers, the better to evoke the broad range of Bangladeshi women's literary voices. Daring in both form and theme, these stories reveal the exciting transformation that fiction writing is currently experiencing on the contemporary literary scene.
Product Details
Publisher
Saqi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
335g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780863565670
SKU
V9780863565670
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Ref
99-15
About Niaz (Ed) Zaman
Niaz Zaman is Professor of English, University of Dhaka. Publications include the prize-winning study A Divided Legacy: The Partition in Selected Novels of India and Pakistan; the novel The Crooked Neem Tree; and the short story anthology The Dance. Firdous Azim is Professor of English at BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has published widely on literary, cultural and ... Read more
Reviews for Galpa: Short Stories by Bengali Women
'Once again, Saqi Books have brought to the public a collection of passionate and poignant prose from across the shores and into the literary scene.' Calabash