Mother of 1084 - Softcover

Mahasweta Devi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8170461391 ISBN 13: 9788170461395

Publisher: Seagull Books, 1997

Synopsis

Mahasweta Devi is one of India’s foremost literary figures, a prolific and best-selling author in Bengali of short fiction and novels, and a deeply political social activist who has been working in marginalized communities for decades. Mother of 1084 is one of Devi’s most widely read works, written during the height of the Naxalite agitation―a militant communist uprising that was brutally repressed by the Indian government, leading to the widespread murder of young rebels across Bengal. This novel focuses on the trauma of a mother who awakens one morning to the shattering news that her son is lying dead in the police morgue, reduced to a mere numeral: Corpse No. 1084. Through her struggle to understand his revolutionary commitment as a Naxalite, she recognizes her own alienation―as a woman and a wife―from the complacent, hypocritical, and corrupt feudal society her son had so fiercely rebelled against.
 

About this title

About the Author:

Mahasweta Devi is a writer and social activist. She is the author of numerous plays, essays, novels, and short stories, including Bait and Queen of Jhansi, also published by Seagull Books. Samik Bandyopadhyay is an eminent critic, scholar, and translator.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Bengali

About this edition

• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 8170461391
• ISBN 13: 9788170461395
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 130