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A Primal Issue: Stories of Women
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3390019A Primal Issue: Stories of Womenhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-primal-issue-stories-of-women-9789352879922/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2758338/650c2c63-ce41-4297-b7c0-cd65f7f4789f.jpg?v=638384413132000000202213MXNOrient BlackSwanInStock/Ebooks/<p>"Jagadish Gupta was a pioneer of the great modernist movement that began in the last quarter of Rabindranath Tagores life, and ushered in what was to become a glorious post-Tagore phase of Bengali literature. He wrote mainly novels and short stories, and drew both high praise and sharp criticism from Tagore. His works, often far ahead of their time, are marked for their unsentimental, analytical approach and fearless exploration of taboo themes. Having faced vitriol, poverty and neglect in his lifetime, he is now recognised as a landmark figure in Bengals literary legacy.A Primal Issue is the first collection of his stories to appear in English. All the seven stories, with women as central protagonists, probe the deep undercurrents of life at individual, familial and social levels. Six of them focus unsparingly on the brutal realities of the daychild marriage, taboo on widow remarriage, polygamy, societys constant violation of womens humanityand yet remain affirmative in their final impact. The seventh story is a delightful take on a common enough male fantasy. Together, these stories, written between the 1920s and 1930s, voice a defiance of conservatism that still resonates with undiminished power.Translated by Subrata Basu, the collection comes as a long overdue reminder of one of the great authors of Bengal."</p>...3325621A Primal Issue: Stories of Women202213https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-primal-issue-stories-of-women-9789352879922/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2758338/650c2c63-ce41-4297-b7c0-cd65f7f4789f.jpg?v=638384413132000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209789352879922_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_<p>Jagadish Gupta was a pioneer of the great modernist movement that began in the last quarter of Rabindranath Tagores life, and ushered in what was to become a glorious post-Tagore phase of Bengali literature. He wrote mainly novels and short stories, and drew both high praise and sharp criticism from Tagore. His works, often far ahead of their time, are marked for their unsentimental, analytical approach and fearless exploration of taboo themes. Having faced vitriol, poverty and neglect in his lifetime, he is now recognised as a landmark figure in Bengals literary legacy.A Primal Issue is the first collection of his stories to appear in English. All the seven stories, with women as central protagonists, probe the deep undercurrents of life at individual, familial and social levels. Six of them focus unsparingly on the brutal realities of the daychild marriage, taboo on widow remarriage, polygamy, societys constant violation of womens humanityand yet remain affirmative in their final impact. The seventh story is a delightful take on a common enough male fantasy. Together, these stories, written between the 1920s and 1930s, voice a defiance of conservatism that still resonates with undiminished power.Translated by Subrata Basu, the collection comes as a long overdue reminder of one of the great authors of Bengal.</p>...(*_*)9789352879922_<p>"Jagadish Gupta was a pioneer of the great modernist movement that began in the last quarter of Rabindranath Tagores life, and ushered in what was to become a glorious post-Tagore phase of Bengali literature. He wrote mainly novels and short stories, and drew both high praise and sharp criticism from Tagore. His works, often far ahead of their time, are marked for their unsentimental, analytical approach and fearless exploration of taboo themes. Having faced vitriol, poverty and neglect in his lifetime, he is now recognised as a landmark figure in Bengals literary legacy.A Primal Issue is the first collection of his stories to appear in English. All the seven stories, with women as central protagonists, probe the deep undercurrents of life at individual, familial and social levels. Six of them focus unsparingly on the brutal realities of the daychild marriage, taboo on widow remarriage, polygamy, societys constant violation of womens humanityand yet remain affirmative in their final impact. The seventh story is a delightful take on a common enough male fantasy. Together, these stories, written between the 1920s and 1930s, voice a defiance of conservatism that still resonates with undiminished power.Translated by Subrata Basu, the collection comes as a long overdue reminder of one of the great authors of Bengal."</p>...9789352879922_Orient BlackSwanlibro_electonico_80d55a83-5b23-38bc-81a6-648cc4bcfed5_9789352879922;9789352879922_9789352879922Jagadish GuptaInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/orientblackswan-epub-5def1867-02c1-4c92-9802-e5038f508978.epub2020-10-01T00:00:00+00:00Orient BlackSwan