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Murmur in the Woods. (India).(Review)

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From: World Literature Today
Date: 20010322
Author:Sengupta, Sagaree

Sunil Gangopadhyay Murmur in the Woods Sheila Sengupta, tr. Delhi. Konark. 2000 xvi + 103 pages. Rs150. ISBN 81-220-0568-3

SUNIL GANGOPADHYAY BEGAN to write when Bengali literature was still under the expansive shadow of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). During the 1950s, Gangopadhyay (b. 1934) and a few other young poets and writers struck out in directions that challenged the established esthetic while taking advantage of a rich tradition. Since those early days, Gangopadhyay has become an extremely popular, prolific novelist and short-story writer as well. The Satyajit Ray ...

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