Arunava Sinha

Selected and translated by renowned writer, editor and translator Arunava Sinha, the twenty-one stories in this anthology represent the finest example of the genre. Some of the world's finest short fiction has originated (and continues to flow) from) the cities, villages, rivers, forests and plains of Bengal. This selection features twenty-one of the very best stories from the region. Here, the reader will find one of Rabindranath Tagore's most revered stories 'The Kabuliwallah' in a glinting new translation, memorable studies of ordinary people from Tarashankar and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, the iconic Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's wrenching study of Bengali society, 'Mahesh', as well as over a dozen other astounding stories by some of the greatest practitioners of the form-Buddha deva Bose, Ashapurna Debi, Premendra Mitra, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mahasweta Devi, Sunil Gangopadhyay and Nabarun Bhattacharya, among others. These are stories of anger, loss, grief, disillusionment, magic, politics, trickery, humour and the darkness of mind and heart. They reimagine life in ways that make them unforgettable.

The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told

Akhatarujjamana Iliyasa

Khwabnama

The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told is a selection of some of the finest literary short fiction written by Indian writers since the genre came into being in the country in the late nineteenth century. Including early masters of the form, contemporary stars, as well as brilliant writers who came of age in the twenty-first century, this anthology takes in its sweep stories from the various regions, languages, and literatures of India. These authors are some of the most feted in the annals of Indian literature and have, between them, won virtually every major literary prize on offer-including the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and numerous state, national, and international honours.

The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told

Mitra Phukan

Lucy Hannah

stories from Assam

A Fistful of Moonlight

Jenny Offill

Thomas Kennedy

John King

James Scudamore

Matt Bell

Matt Ryan

Buddhadeva Bose

Rebecca Wolff

Paul-Victor Winters

Charles Berret

Lisa Ortiz

Jessie van Eerden

Kelli Agodon

Renee Ashley

Anne Baney

Thomas Bonfiglio

Neil Boyack

Rebecca Chew

Vida Cross

Walter Cummins

Deborah Hall

Jody Handerson

Cassie Hay

Mark Hillringhouse

Line-Maria Lång

Leslie Miller

Ceridwen Morris

Ankur Parikh

J. D. Reid

Susan Rothbard

Jena Salon

Karen Smyers

Charles Wyatt

Refrigerator Mothers

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