Manik and I: My Life with Satyajit Ray - Softcover

Bijoya Ray; Indrani Majumdar (Tr.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143416251 ISBN 13: 9780143416258

Publisher: Penguin, 2012

Synopsis

Language: EnglishPages: 632About the BookIt is unusual to come across a life so rich in varied experiences as the one that Bijoya Ray, wife and constant ornpanion to the renowned film-makerSatyajit Ray, has ved. Despite being closely related, Satyajit-'Manik' to his friends and family-and Bijoya fell in love and embarked n a life together years before Ray's groundbreaking film 'ather Panchali was made, and their long, happy married life lasted right until Ray's death in 1992.Bijoya Ray never felt the urge to write her memoirs, but was nally persuaded to pick up the pen when she was well into her eighties. Manik and I brimsover with hitherto unknown stories of her life with Satyajit Ray, told in candid, vivid detail. What emerges through Bijoya Ray's recollections is a fascinating portrait of Ray the man, the film - maker, the auteur, the husband and the father.Translated from the Bengali by Indrani Majumdar About the AuthorBijoya Ray, bor

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0143416251
• ISBN 13: 9780143416258
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 753