Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: Bani BasuTranslator: Jayanti DattaPublisher: Orient LongmanYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 170ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-250-1668-6 DescriptionThis translation from the Bangla 'Antarghat' is the story of a group of young friends who had committed themselves idealistically and politically to the Naxalite movement that rocked Bengal in the 1960s. Many years later, they still carry the scars beneath their lives of surface calm.This translation from the Bangla 'Antarghat' is the story of a group of young friends who had committed themselves idealistically and politically to the Naxalite movement that rocked Bengal in the 1960s. Many years later, they still carry the scars beneath their lives of surface calm. But they also share the secret of a betrayal, one that was fatally injurious to some. Into this fragile, obscure universe arrives their betraye3r, ironically seeking anonymity. Jagged wounds reopen and death follows. Is it suicide or murder, expiation or vengeance?Moving seamlessly from the past to the pre3sent, Basu's narrative is compelling and breathless, as the novel's edgy, nervous rhythms reconstruct and call up the turbulent history of a difficult period.TRANSLATOR:Jayanti Dutta graduated from Presidency College, Calcutta and is Senior Lecturer in English at Sivanath Shastri College, Calcutta. Her novel, 'Yearning', in English was published by Writers Workshop in 1998.ContentsTranslator's NoteThe Red MarutiCall from the DarkIn Darkness and in LightThe First StepOn a Bed of NightmaresDealer in DeathA Shriek of HistoryThe Storm BreaksThe Shadow AlongsideInside the SleeveThe Azaan at DawnSunlight FailingThe Ready BayonetThe Dark StaircaseSeparated by the FogThe Spear at RestAfterword
