OUR MANY LONGINGS: Contemporary Short Fiction from Bangladesh
Our Many Longings Contemporary Short Fiction from Bangladesh offers a window into the excellence of contemporary short fiction from Bangladesh as we mark the golden jubilee of independence. Collected here are stories originally written in English as well as translations from Bengali, by writers based in Bangladesh and those belonging to the diaspora. From the tea gardens of Sylhet and the cyclone stricken port city of Chittagong to a restaurant kitchen in Dubai and the gritty streets of New York, the stories range across the country and spill beyond its borders to other countries and continents. wherever Bangladeshis have found themselves. They register the trauma of the liberation war and the ongoing search for agency and self-definition. Common Themes emerge: haunting preoccupations with nation, identity, desire, loss, limits. borders, and an abiding sense of nostalgia. These are stories about the perennial human condition of yearning and striving ; stories of our many longings.
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9788195456048 |
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English (US) |
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India |
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Hardcover |
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250 |
Sohana Manzoor
Sohana Manzoor is a writer, editor, translator. and academic based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She holds a PhD in English from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and is currently an associate professor of English at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and the literary editor of The Daily Star. Her short stories, Translations, and nonfiction have been published in Kitanb. Asiulie. Bengal Lights. Six Seasons Review, New Age, Dhaka Tribune. The Daily Star, and the online edition of Best Asian Short Stories 2020.