Rajkamal Chaudhary

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Traces of Boots on Tongue: And Other StoriesHardcover, 5 April 2023

Traces of Boots on Tongue: And Other Stories
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Part of Series
India List
Print Length
150 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Seagull Books
Date Published
5 Apr 2023
ISBN-10
1803090790
ISBN-13
9781803090795

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A literary glimpse into the early decades of independent India.

Drawing influences from Indian folktales, French existentialism, and the Bengali Hungryalist movement, Rajkamal Chaudhary's oeuvre is like a secret back alley in an old city--not completely forgotten but existing only for the few. Even though Chaudhary also wrote in Maithili and Bengali, it was his writings in Hindi that established him as the bold new experimentalist of Indian literature. His India of the 1950 and 60s is populated with hopeless literature professors, scattered alcohol bottles, prostitutes, hysteria patients, and sell-out painters. His unconventional life and writing place him outside the mainstream, and so he remains as uncategorizable as the characters and lives he wrote about. Bringing together twelve of his most representative short stories, translated for the first time in English, Traces of Boots on Tongue and Other Stories allows a glimpse into the early decades of independent India and its weariness, which many readers will find in today's India as well.

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Author:
Rajkamal Chaudhary
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
5 April 2023
ISBN-10:
1803090790
ISBN-13:
9781803090795
Language:
English
Pages:
150
Publisher:
Series:

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