The Tale of Hansuli Turn by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Ben Conisbee Baer (Translator) - 2011-06-07

New York: Columbia University Press., 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 2011 edition. Dust jacket, covers and text in fine condition. Binding is firm. Pages unmarked and clean. [373 pages].

Columbia University Press, 2011. Hard cover. Very good/Good. Dust jacket is lightly soiled. Top and bottom edges of book spine and bottom edges of boards are lightly bumped, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Hardback. New. A terrifying sound disturbs the peace of Hansuli Turn, a forest village in Bengal, and the community splits as to its meaning. Does it herald the apocalyptic departure of the gods or is there a more rational explanation? The Kahars, inhabitants of Hansuli Turn, belong to an untouchable "criminal tribe" soon to be epically transformed by the effects of World War II and India's independence movement. Their headman, Bonwari, upholds the ethics of an older time, but his fragile philosophy proves no match for the overpowering machines of war. As Bonwari and the village elders come to believe the gods have abandoned them, younger villagers led by the rebel Karali look for other meanings and a different way of life. As the two factions fight, codes of authority, religion, sex, and society begin to break down, and amid deadly conflict and natural disaster, Karali seizes his chance to change his people's future. Sympathetic to the desires of both older and younger… Read More

Columbia Univ Pr, 2011. Hardcover. New. 408 pages. 9.27x6.36x1.18 inches.

Columbia University Press. hardcover. New. 96x16x144. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing