Chandan If I remeber, the novel Mati aru Manuh by Jogesh Das (?) may be based on the novel Good Earth by Pers Buck, because I rembered the similarity when reading the novel. Rajen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around theworld" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:35 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] A Question
> WK: > > No, it is not How Much Land Does a Man Need -- we knew that story > well from our matriculation syllabus as well. > > I remember the title Maati Aaru Manuh well. But I could be mixed up > about the names of the main characters. My very vague recollection is > that the story dealt with pioneering characters in a new or frontier > land. > > s > > > > > > > > > At 10:02 AM +0100 12/9/07, W.Saleh wrote: >>How Much Land Does a Man Need? >> >>It is a short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man called Pahom who in his >>lust >>for land, sacrifices everything, including his own life. Years ago this >>short story was included in the English syllabus of our Matriculation >>examination. >> >>I don't know if an Assamese translation "Maati aaru Manuh" refers to the >>same story. The name of the main character is different. >> >>Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2, page 1434 mentions about the >>work >>of Lila Gogoi including the publication of 1963 - Srimantar Mati aru Manuh >>(a study of the life and culture of the tribes of the Arunachal Pradesh). >>This is not the book which Chandan means. >> >>Wahid da >> >> >>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens >>uttam borthakur >>Verzonden: zondag 9 december 2007 8:57 >>Aan: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world >>CC: shantanunandan sharma; shantanu sharma; shantanu sharma >>Onderwerp: Re: [Assam] A Question >> >>Dear Manoj >> >> I seem to remember the book and its get up. It had a hard bound, turbid >> in >>its colour and had some sort of figure in the cover. I too suspect as you >>do >>to be that of Tolstoy. My mother seconds me. May be the original title by >>Tolstoy was different. Some people told me that they will look up. Has >>Chandan Da wagered some where:-)? >> >>Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ok...i am forwarding this mail to shantanu nandan sharma..his >> grandfather >>may know.. >> >>tc >> >>On Dec 8, 2007 8:57 PM, Chan Mahanta wrote: >> >>> I am not sure it was Tolstoy Manoj. I looked up Tolstoy's works and >>> did not ring a bell. Must be some other great author. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At 10:03 AM +0530 12/8/07, Manoj Das wrote: >>> >is it by leo tolstoy? >>> > >>> >On Dec 8, 2007 8:54 AM, Chan Mahanta wrote: >>> > >>> >> Way back when I was in Class VI or VII, I read an Assamese >>> >> translation of a novel entitled Maati aaru Manuh. If I am not >>> >> mistaken, the two principal characters in the novel were Isaac and >>> >> Einaar ( or Inaar) or something like that. Has anyone read it? If so >>> >> who wrote the original and who was the translator? I am curious to >>> >> all heck, now that I can't remember the details. BTW, it was a thick >>> >> book. >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> assam mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>> >> >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >assam mailing list >>> >[email protected] >>> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> assam mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>assam mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> >>Uttam Kumar Borthakur >> >> >>--------------------------------- >> DELETE button is history. Unlimited mail storage is just a click away. >>_______________________________________________ >>assam mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>assam mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
