On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Amit Varma<[email protected]> wrote:
> As for other books to pick up, check out "The Middleman" by Sankar, the
> Bengali novel on which Satyajit Ray's "Jana Aranya" was based. It's been
> translated by Arunava Sinha, who's also translated a few other Bong classics
> in recent years. Stirring stuff.
Thanks for that pointer. Jana Aranya is one of my favorite Satyajit
Ray films (along with Mahanagar and Nayak). Speaking of translations
of classics, I bought _The Eighteenth Parallel_ last time around. It
is the English translation of the Tamil book by Asokamitran set around
the "police action" in Hyderabad. I really liked the pace of the book
and its narrative style. I hear there is a sci fi book by Asokamitran
that has also been translated. Going to look for that this time
around.
Thaths
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