The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told cover art

The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told

 Preview
Free with 30-day trial
A 30-day trial plus your first audiobook free.
1 credit/month after trial—to buy any title you like, yours to keep.
Listen all you want to a selection of thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts.
$16.45 a month after 30 day trial. Cancel anytime.

The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told

By: Arunava Sinha
Narrated by: Swetanshu Bora
Free with 30-day trial

Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $2.99

Buy Now for $2.99

About this listen

Some of the world's finest short fiction has originated in and continues to flow from the cities, villages, rivers, forests and plains of Bengal. This selection features 21 of the very best stories from the region.

Here, the listener will find one of Rabindranath Tagore's most revered stories, 'The Kabuliwallah', in a new translation; memorable studies of ordinary people from Tarashankar and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay; the iconic Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's wrenching study of Bengali society, 'Mahesh'; as well as over a dozen other astounding stories by some of the greatest practitioners of the form - Buddhadeva Bose, Ashapurna Debi, Premendra Mitra, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mahasweta Devi, Sunil Gangopadhyay and Nabarun Bhattacharya, among others. These are stories of anger, loss, grief, disillusionment, magic, politics, trickery, humour and the darkness of mind and heart. They reimagine life in ways that make them unforgettable.

©2016 Arunava Sinha - translations and introduction (P)2017 Audible, Inc. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Short Stories Heartfelt Bengali Language
All stars
Most relevant  
This was not a good experience on many fronts. Firstly the 'translation' was seriously below par in quality and content. Many Bengali / Hindi words and phrases were left as is without a translation which would certainly detract from the story. The nuances of the original were sadly missing from almost all stories included in this book. Secondly, the performance was terrible. Overdone theatrics and inflections in narration made it a painful listen. To a listener like me who is fluent in Bengali and Hindi, it was hard to endure utterly wrong pronunciations over and over again. It is also surprising why the translator / performer chose to anglicise most Bengali words and names and pronounce them as such while at other times they stuck to the use of Bengali words and pronunciation. This inconsistency is infuriating.
A total waste of time.

Unsatisfactory

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.