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Carnival (A Novel)

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Item Code: HAH208
Author: Sayam Bandyopadhyay
Publisher: Aleph Book Company
Language: English
Edition: 2024
ISBN: 9788119635504
Pages: 162
Cover: HARDCOVER
Other Details 8.5x5.5 inch
Weight 230 gm
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About The Book

On 6 July 1857, as most of colonial Calcutta prepares itself for the first gas lights to illuminate Chowringhee, Rajaram Deb remains in the solitude of his room. He is awaiting Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, trusted associates of a man whose face remains obscured by shadows, and his partner, an adjutant stork. The two men have been tasked with escorting Rajaram to a transcendental celebration set to begin at dawn. To be a part of this ethereal congregation, he has agreed to sever all worldly ties and forsake the human form; he has even left behind his wealth to an unlikely feline heiress. As this momentous day unfolds, even more surreal elements manifest themselves: dreams of blood-red water, noble families dabbling in rum, piles of dusty unsent letters, tattered dictionaries, and a single English word that Rajaram finds inexplicably alluring.

A masterpiece of astonishing inventiveness, Carnival takes in its sweep the interconnectedness of time, the melding of times past and present, the myriad mysteries of an ancient city, and one man's pursuit of immeasurable ecstasy.

About The Author

SAYAM BANDYOPADHYAY is an award-winning Bengali author. He holds a master's in English literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and worked as a corporate translator and linguist before joining Anandabazar Patrika in 2010. Since 2011, he has been an editorial staff member of the iconic fortnightly magazine, Desh. In 2020, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for his novel Puranpurush. His most recent work is a collection of short fiction, Ekti Ayna, Ekti Byartho Bidroho o Ek Ascharjo Sharajantrer Kahini (2023). He is presently working on his next novel and a definitive biography of Sri Aurobindo.

ARUNAVA SINHA translates classic, modern, and contemporary Bengali fiction and non-fiction from Bangladesh and India into English. He also translates fiction from English into Bengali. Over eighty of his translations have been published so far in India, the UK, US, and Australia. He teaches at Ashoka University, where he is also the co-director of the Ashoka Centre for Translation.

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