Bengal Partition Stories
An Unclosed Chapter
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Anthem Press
Published:1st Sep '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A unique collection of stories of those traumatised by the Partition.
Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.
Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.
'The book reopens the wounds to examine them afresh and the editor’s introduction places the stories in perspective.' —Anasuya Basu, ‘The Telegraph Calcutta’
'Significant and timely… Fraser has significant insights.' —Kajari Bhattacharya, ‘The Statesman’
'A book that attempts to break the amazing silence over the Bengal Partition through retellings by those who experienced it first-hand.' —Santanu Sanyal, ‘The Hindu Business Line’
ISBN: 9781843312253
Dimensions: 234mm x 155mm x 26mm
Weight: 454g
640 pages