{"product_id":"manusher-mookh-o-onyanyo-golpo-bengali","title":"Manusher Mookh O Onyanyo Golpo (Bengali)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout the BookA COLLECTION OF HARD-HITTING SHORT STORIES FROM THE WINNER OF THE HINDU PRIZE 2018Bimal Mistry sinks into an abyss of grief after being humiliated by well-known Bhadralok riders; the assurance of hot rice repeatedly drags the unemployed, impoverished Mithun, Peter, Babul, Babulal, Pancha to the security of a prison; in a bid to prevent the death sentence of two influential convicts from being overturned, Chandal Jibon applies for the post of hangman and enters the maze of the Indian judicial system; Kalachand the rickshaw-puller sells his blood to pay off the rickshaw owners debt.The dispossessed, marginalised Dalit working class is at the centre of Manoranjan Byaparis stories. His reaction to the struggles, in a caste- and class-ridden society, of those who are homeless, rootless, robbed of two square meals and dignity, is expressed through his no-holds-barred, raw, powerful writing. What makes him one of the most impactful writer of our times is the fact that he has lived the lives of the people he writes about; in fact, hes one among them.About the AuthorManoranjan Byapari writes in Bengali. Some of his important works include Chhera Chhera Jibon, Ittibrite Chandal Jibon and the Chandal Jibon trilogy. He taught himself to read and write at the age of twenty-four when he was in prison. He has worked as a rickshaw-puller, a sweeper and a porter. Until 2018, he was working as a cook at the Hellen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Blind in West Bengal.In 2018, the English translation of his memoir, Ittibrite Chandal Jibon (Interrogating My Chandal Life), received the Hindu Prize for non-fiction. In 2019, he was awarded the Gateway Lit Fest Writer of the Year Prize. Also, the English translation of his novel Batashe Baruder Gandha (Theres Gunpowder in the Air) was shortlisted for the JCB Prize 2019, the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019, the Crossword Prize 2019 and the Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Prize 2020. The English translation of his novel Chhera Chhera Jibon (Imaan) was shortlisted for the JCB Prize 2022. He also received the Shakti Bhatt Prize this year for his body of work. In 2021, Byapari became a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45870293680326,"sku":"DADAX9360455016","price":5.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/71ImXgunUfL.jpg?v=1779444607","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/manusher-mookh-o-onyanyo-golpo-bengali","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}