Publish Date
9 Oct, 2025
About This Book
A simple “slice of life” story set in a provincial town in Bengal, this novella gleefully and inexorably pulls its reader into the complex, intertwined lives of its characters—people whose mundane insignificance is redeemed by their inextinguishable humanity, their capacity for hope and transcendent imagination. Narrated with Gangopadhyay’s characteristic wry humor, the novella is beautifully crafted, its various threads weaving a complicated tapestry in which the richly imaginative inner worlds of the characters and the harsh, implacable material world they inhabit seep into each other, blurring lines and creating vital connections.
About The Author
Shyamal Gangopadhyay (25 March 1933-24 September 2001) was a renowned Bengali novelist and editor. He received Sahitya Academy Award in 1993 for the novel Shahjada Darasukoh, based on the life of Mughal Emperor Dara Shukoh. His novels were translated and published in various languages. He won Bibhutibhushan memorial award in recognition of his contribution to Bengali literature and the Gajendra Kumar Mitra memorial prize, Sarat Purashkar in 2000.
Moving Words
Moving Words is the imprint of Antonym collections focussed on translation of literary text into English
