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The Areca Nut Tree and Other Stories (Contemporary Women's Writing from Assam)

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Item Code: HAV749
Author: Ranjita Biswas
Publisher: Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
Language: English
Edition: 2022
ISBN: 9789390961689
Pages: 229
Cover: PAPERBACK
Other Details 7.5x5 inch
Weight 180 gm
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Book Description
About The Book

Areca Nut Tree and Other Stories showcases works by a new generation of Assamese women writers, whose spectrum is wide and not confined to so-called 'women-centric subjects. Be it a defiant woman sticking to her minuscule plot of land and challenging a land-grabber uncle, a woman trying to bring about a change in a river island, an adolescent girl tricked into marriage and trafficked taking on a new avatar as a revered sanyasin, a poetic portrayal of a man desperately looking for his lost love through his wanton ways, or a scathing comment on a voyeuristic society, these stories deal with human issues and experiences from different angles. Powerful voices not dictated or influenced by patriarchal dominance in society, these are tales that will offer readers a glimpse into the richness of Assamese literature of our times.

About the Author

Three times Katha Awardee, Ranjita Biswas is an independent journalist, author and translator of fiction from Assamese. Among her translated works. Written in Tears won the Best Translation Prize in English from Sahitya Akademi in 2017 and The Loneliness of Hira Barua bagged the PFC Valley of Words Award in 2021.

Biswas is also an award-winning writer of children's fiction. Her Music of the Hills has been translated into Spanish, Hindi, Telugu, Assamese, and other regional languages. Among the non-fiction works, the author's coffee table book, Brahmaputra and the Assam Valley traces the socio-cultural life of Assam along the Brahmaputra River. A veteran Journalist for over 30 years, she is also known for her travelogues and is an avid short-story writer.

Foreword

As per extant records, Aai Padmapriya, a poetess belonging to the 16th century was the first woman to make her foray into the annals of Assamese literature. She was followed by Padmavati Debi Phukanani, a prose fiction writer, almost three centuries later in 1844. The contributions of these two stalwarts are important to note in order to understand the place of women writers in Assamese literature. Compared with a major part of the country, the position of women in Assamese society is more elevated due to the influence of the liberal tribal society and its close association with Assamese culture, and also, the assimilation of western education and culture over time. Both these factors have boosted the social, cultural and intellectual consciousness of women writers in Assam.

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