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The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told
- Narrated by: Swetanshu Bora
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Kaushik
- 13-09-2021
Unsatisfactory
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.
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