The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told - Hardcover

Arunava Sinha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9393852871 ISBN 13: 9789393852878

Publisher: ALEPH BOOK COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED, 2023

Synopsis

The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told is a selection of some of the finest literary short fiction written by Indian writers since the genre came into being in the country in the late nineteenth century. Including early masters of the form, contemporary stars, as well as brilliant writers who came of age in the twenty-first century, this anthology takes in its sweep stories from the various regions, languages, and literatures of India. These authors are some of the most feted in the annals of Indian literature and have, between them, won virtually every major literary prize on offer—including the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and numerous state, national, and international honours.

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About the Author

"Arunava Sinha translates classic, modern, and contemporary Bengali fiction and non-fiction from Bangladesh and India intoEnglish. 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 teachesat Ashoka University, where he is also the co-director of the Ashoka Centre for Translation, and is the Books Editor at Scroll.in."

Edition details

• Publisher: ALEPH BOOK COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9393852871
• ISBN 13: 9789393852878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 524