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The Continents Between
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Penguin
| Author:
Bani Basu | Debali Mookerjea-Leonard
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Penguin
Author:
Bani Basu | Debali Mookerjea-Leonard
Language:
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Looking over their shoulder at the home they left behind, the lives of immigrants Sudeep and Kamalika is suffused with a permanent sense of nostalgia. This is America in the 1960s, and it throws up all the challenges and insecurities they must fight against as they raise their rather American children in a conventional Bengali household.
Reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Namesake, The Continents Between is a rich and thoughtful translation of Bani Basu’s epic novel, Janmabhoomi, Matribhoomi. Debali Mookerjee’s translation straddles difficult questions of identity, immigration, betrayal, love and politics with sympathy and skill and leaves you wanting more.
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Looking over their shoulder at the home they left behind, the lives of immigrants Sudeep and Kamalika is suffused with a permanent sense of nostalgia. This is America in the 1960s, and it throws up all the challenges and insecurities they must fight against as they raise their rather American children in a conventional Bengali household.
Reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Namesake, The Continents Between is a rich and thoughtful translation of Bani Basu’s epic novel, Janmabhoomi, Matribhoomi. Debali Mookerjee’s translation straddles difficult questions of identity, immigration, betrayal, love and politics with sympathy and skill and leaves you wanting more.
About Author
Bani Basu is arguably the most versatile contemporary writer in Bengali, the broad range of her fiction deals with gender, history, mythology, society, psychology, adolescence, music, sexual orientation, the supernatural, and more. Besides writing novels and short stories, she is also an essayist, critic and poet. She has won a number of literary awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award. She lives and writes in Calcutta.
Debali Mookerjea–Leonard is the Roop Distinguished Professor of English at James Madison University. She is a gold medallist in comparative literature from Jadavpur University, Calcutta and holds a PhD from the University of Chicago. Her work has been supported by the American Association of University Women, the American Institute of Indian Studies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities
Debali Mookerjea–Leonard is the Roop Distinguished Professor of English at James Madison University. She is a gold medallist in comparative literature from Jadavpur University, Calcutta and holds a PhD from the University of Chicago. Her work has been supported by the American Association of University Women, the American Institute of Indian Studies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities
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