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Author: Paramita Satpathy Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199097569 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 230
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This is a collection of fourteen short stories by Paramita Satpathy. These stories are full of characters that conceal their true persona under a veneer of a false confidence who are then are driven to seek a state of euphoria, releasing these dormant passions in unguarded moments. We have characters like Maya, whose life seems to upend the moment spots appear on her body. On the other hand, for her best friend Veena, life seems to be most sorted. Everyone seems to pity Maya, and she longs to be included, to belong. Yet as the years progress, it is Maya who has created a stable life for herself, while Veena is left wondering where she went wrong in life. There is also Babula, the orphan, who has to bear with whatever abuse Bata Sahu throws at him, in order to survive, and his struggle to break free from it. Prachi, the bride-to-be, who discovers her fiancé’s true animalistic nature; and Ranjita, the new bride who becomes the ultimate pay-off for her in-laws’ greed. For some protagonists, it’s the societal shackles they need to break out from; for others it is their own closest relations that compel them to take a bold step towards self-realization.
Author: Paramita Satpathy Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199097569 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
This is a collection of fourteen short stories by Paramita Satpathy. These stories are full of characters that conceal their true persona under a veneer of a false confidence who are then are driven to seek a state of euphoria, releasing these dormant passions in unguarded moments. We have characters like Maya, whose life seems to upend the moment spots appear on her body. On the other hand, for her best friend Veena, life seems to be most sorted. Everyone seems to pity Maya, and she longs to be included, to belong. Yet as the years progress, it is Maya who has created a stable life for herself, while Veena is left wondering where she went wrong in life. There is also Babula, the orphan, who has to bear with whatever abuse Bata Sahu throws at him, in order to survive, and his struggle to break free from it. Prachi, the bride-to-be, who discovers her fiancé’s true animalistic nature; and Ranjita, the new bride who becomes the ultimate pay-off for her in-laws’ greed. For some protagonists, it’s the societal shackles they need to break out from; for others it is their own closest relations that compel them to take a bold step towards self-realization.
Author: Misfit Publisher: Partridge Publishing ISBN: 1482818981 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 122
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The book brings to light the sentiment of loneliness in its varied manifestations.The quiet existence of the aged, the solitary hours spent by the homemakers, the idle moments of an officegoer during vacations, all find an echo in these stories. Reclusive life led by people belonging to the disadvantaged sections of the society as also those pursuing their goals with single-minded devotion is portrayed very effectively. The thoughts,emotions,fears,obsessions,anxieties and eccentricities accompanying people left on the remote shores of mankind forms the subject matter of the work. Role of nature as an indifferent observer, as a healer as well as a friend is intertwined into the very fabric of each story.
Author: Isaac Babel Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141908300 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 425
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Throughout his life Isaac Babel was torn by opposing forces, by the desire both to remain faithful to his Jewish roots and yet to be free of them. This duality of vision infuses his work with a powerful energy from the earliest tales including 'Old Shloyme' and 'Childhood', which affirm his Russian-Jewish childhood, to the relatively non-Jewish world of his collection of stories entitled 'Red Cavalry'. Babel's masterpiece, 'Red Cavalry' is the most dramatic expression of his dualism and in his simultaneous acceptance and rejection of his heritage heralds the great American-Jewish writers from Henry Roth to Saul Bellow and Philip Roth.
Author: Desmond Hogan Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing ISBN: 1564789802 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 297
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There is no doubt that Desmond Hogan is one of most remarkable literary talents to have come out of Ireland in the past half-century, and perhaps the best introduction to his work is through his magnificent short stories, widely anthologized and praised throughout the world. Focusing as always on the downtrodden and the eccentric, the misplaced and the dispossessed, Hogan's stories merge past with present, landscape with mindscape—distinctly Irish and burdened by history, while exhilaratingly and wholly universal and modern.
Author: Jatindra Kumar Nayak Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000470466 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 273
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This volume forms part of the Critical Discourses in South Asia series, which deals with schools, movements and discursive practices in major South Asian languages. It offers crucial insights into the making of Odia literature and its critical tradition across a century. The book brings together English translation of major writings of influential figures dealing with literary criticism and theory, aesthetic and performative traditions, and re-interpretations of primary concepts and categories in Odia. It presents twenty-five key texts in literary and cultural studies from late-nineteenth century to early-twenty-first century, translated by experts for the first time into English. These seminal essays explore complex interconnections between socio-historical events in the colonial and post-Independence period in Odisha and the language movement. They discuss themes such as the evolving idea of literature and criteria of critical evaluation; revision and expansion of the literary canon; the transition from orality to print; emergence of new reading practices resulting in shifts in aesthetic sensibility; dialectics of tradition and modernity; and the formation, consolidation and political consequences of a language-based identity. Comprehensive and authoritative, this volume offers an overview of the history of critical thought in Odia literature in South Asia. It will be essential for scholars and researchers of Odia language and literature, literary criticism, literary theory, comparative literature, Indian literature, cultural studies, art and aesthetics, performance studies, history, sociology, regional studies and South Asian studies. It will also interest the Odia-speaking diaspora and those working on the intellectual history of Odisha and Eastern India and conservation of language and culture.
Author: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780192836892 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 308
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Bringing together six of Turgenev's best known stories in one volume, this collection includes "First Love," "Asya," "Mumu," "The Diary of a Superfluous Man," "Song of Triumphant Love," and "King Lear of the Steppes."
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: House of Stratus ISBN: 0755117360 Category : Languages : en Pages : 283
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'Soldiers Three' concerns the exploits of Privates Mulvaney, Ortheris and Laeroyd; 'The Story of the Gadsbys' introduces an Anglo-Indian family living in the Indian mountains; and 'In Black and White' brilliantly captures the excitement and rich colour of the sub-continent.
Author: Henry James Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486275523 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 113
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Regarded by many as James's greatest achievement in short fiction, "The Beast in the Jungle" is a portrait of a man alienated from life and love. "The Jolly Corner" and "The Altar of the Dead" are two tales that explore the complex interlacings of loss, love and the ever-present past in the lives of their protagonists. Note.
Author: Frank Harris Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1446018830 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 145
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“Elder Conklin, and Other Stories” is a 1894 collection of short stories by Frank Harris. Contents include: “Elder Conklin”, “The Sheriff And His Partner”, “A Modern Idyll”, “Eatin' Crow”, “The Best Man In Garotte”, and “Gulmore, The Boss”. Frank Harris (1855–1931) was an Irish-American novelist, editor, journalist, publisher, and short story writer who had acquaintances with many famous people of his day. Other notable works by this author include: “The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life Story” (1909), “The Yellow Ticket And Other Stories” (1914), and “Contemporary Portraits” (1915–1923). This vintage collection is not to be missed by lovers of short stories and constitutes a must-have for fans of Harris's influential work. Read & Co. is republishing this classic work in a brand new edition complete with an introductory biography of the author.
Author: Paramita Satpathy
Author: Paramita Satpathy
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