Author: Sandipan Chattopadhyay
Original
Version: Bengali
Translator:
Arunava Sinha
Publisher;
HarperCollins Publisher India
Genre;
Literary and Contemporary Fiction
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Sandipan
Chattopadhyay was one of the pioneers of the Hungryalist movement, who influenced
the Indian languages by narrating the Bengali landscape in his Kritadas
Kritadasi. He was awarded the Bankim Puraskar in the year 1995 and the Sahitya
Academy Award in the year 2002.
The Translator
Arunava Sinha is a famous translator especially from Bengali to English. He has succeeded in completing the translation
of eighty literary works.
The Selected
stories titled “Ten Days of the Strike” written by Sandipan Chattopadhyay who
is one of the most skillful short-story writers of his generation. The
collection of these Ten Stories is best known for his immensely popular day-to-day
adventures of every common man of Kolkata.
These
stories explore the macabre as well as natural and are marked by the sharp
characterization and trademark expression that distinguish his narration.
This
collection brings together ten different types of his stories like The Last
Metro, Meerabai, Banabehari and I, and The Ivy Shome Murder Case (1978) which readers
of the middle Age will enjoy.
This collection
with nearly 330 and odd pages has been rendered into English from
Bengali. It’s a monumental effort reflecting the enormous dedication and
unremitting labour of the translator over his assigned task.
Translating
any work from one language into another is an arduous task, especially so if
the work of translation consists of spoken words.
The sixth
story of this collection, Banabehari and I is the largest one which is endowed
with more than 80 pages chaptered with eleven scenes, some chapters with three,
and some with ten parts in each. In the
scene five, part 6 begins with a dialogue format.
The
translation was rightfully discharged by the translator through his duty to
recreate the original into English without deviation from the source. The
English language found in this book reveals the “Bangabhasha” or “Vangavasi”.
The
descriptive style of the vernacular language of the region merged with the
theme of the novel and the anecdotes which are suitable to the country yards help
to strengthen the structure of the novel.
The cover page was well
designed by the illustrator Sourish Mitra which makes the readers visualize the
theme of the story - Ten Days of the Strike the second one of this collection. Particularly in this story, how the middle-class
family overcame from the day to day problems like inexplicable conditions in the
bathroom like blocking of the toilet, overflowing septic tank, endowed with many
cockroaches and centipedes etc.,
This collection provides
the approach to lead a life with great courage, and positive thoughts, maintaining
relationships, and in turn, it helps to develop the feeling of rejoicing.
The
book has many experienced faces in the form of the characters which provokes
the readers to understand reality.
This classic
edition consists and is graced with many moving stories, that will inspire the
readers. Readers can take a few minutes here and there and read the
stories to remind themselves of the good in the world.
The author was
successful in presenting the ten stories lucidly.
(This book review is the part of Blogchatters
Book Review program)
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