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Binding
Paperback
Number of Pages
104
Age Group
9-12 Years
Language
English
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Book Summary
Master Of Wit And Humour, Sukumar Ray Is A Pioneer Of Bengali Literature, Who Has Written A Plethora Of Funny Stories And Nonsense Verse. But What Entertains Readers Of Ray’S Works Are Not Just His Hilarious And Puntastic Verses But Also His Characters, Most Of Whom Are Both Ridiculous And Fascinating. In This Exquisite Book, You Will Meet And Be Delighted By Some Of Ray’S Famous And Most Interesting Characters. There Is The Cat That Was A Hanky, The Raven Who Is An Accountant, Two Old Men Who Are As Bald As Eggs And Claim To Be Thirteen Years Old, The Billy Goat Who Loves To Bleat Long Speeches, And The Barn Owl Judge Who Is Always Sleepy. Along With Them, You Will Also Meet The Ramgoru Calf, A Curious Creature Whose Motto In Life Is Not To Laugh, And The Kind-But-Short Tempered Monster Who Wants To Invite You To Its Home. And Who Can Forget Dashu The Crazy And His School Stories Of Mischief? Selected And Compiled From Ray’S Classic Works—Abol Tabol, Hojoborolo, And The Pagla Dashu Stories—These Almost Century Old, Well-Loved Pieces Of Literature Are Guaranteed To Send You Into Side-Splitting Laughter. Exuberantly Translated For The Modern Reader, They Are Accompanied By The Author’S Original Illustrations.
Product Details
Author
Arunava Sinha
Publisher
Harper
Number of Pages
104
Language
English
SKU
BK0515733
ISBN
9789354477676
Reading Age
9-12 Years
Dimensions
215 x 140 x 18 cm
Binding
Paperback
MRP: ₹ 250
₹ 212
₹ 38 Off
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 Seventy Of His Translations Have Been Published So Far In India, The Uk, And The Usa. He Has Won India’S Top Translation Prize, The Crossword Award For Translated Books, Twice. He Teaches At Ashoka University, Where He Is Also The Co-Director Of The Ashoka Centre For Translation, And Is The Books Editor At Scroll.In. Sukumar Ray, Poet, Short-Story Writer And Playwright, Wrote In Bengali Mainly For Children. His Works Such As The Collection Of Nonsense Poems Abol Tabol , Novella Hojoborolo , Short-Story Collection Pagla Dashu And Play Chalachittachanchari Are Counted Among The Finest Writings For Children In The World. Arunava Sinha Is A Celebrated Translator Of Bengali Fiction, Non-Fiction And Poetry Into English. Over Forty Of His Translations Have Been Published So Far. Sudeshna Shome Ghosh Is An Editor. She Is Also Co-Founder Of Cosy Nook Library, A Childrens Library In Bangalore. She Has Written And Translated Books For Children.