TY - GEN T1 - Of women, outcastes, peasants, and rebels : a selection of Bengali short stories A2 - Bardhan, Kalpana LA - English LA - Bengali PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 1990 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm44965997 AB - Until now the large body of socially focused Bengali literature has remained little known to Western readers. This collection includes some of the finest examples of Bengali short stories-stories that reflect the turmoil of a changing society traditionally characterized by rigid hierarchical structures of privilege and class differentiation. Written over a span of roughly ninety years from the early 1890s to the late 1970s, the twenty stories in this collection represent the work of five authors. Their characters, drawn from widely varying social groups, often find themselves caught up in tumul. OP - 330 NO - Translated from Bengali. CN - PK1716 SN - 9780520909458 SN - 0520909453 SN - 0585111774 SN - 9780585111773 SN - 9780520067134 SN - 0520067134 SN - 0520067142 SN - 9780520067141 SN - 1282355546 SN - 9781282355545 KW - Short stories, Bengali : Translations into English. KW - Bengal (India) : Social life and customs : Fiction. KW - Bengale (Inde) : Mœurs et coutumes : Romans, nouvelles, etc. KW - FICTION : General. KW - Manners and customs KW - Short stories, Bengali KW - India : Bengal KW - Kurzgeschichte KW - Anthologie KW - Littérature bengalie : Inde. KW - Bengali. KW - Bengali fiction : Short stories KW - short stories. KW - Fiction KW - Short stories KW - Translations KW - Short stories. KW - Nouvelles. ER -