{"product_id":"thik-thikanar-saandhane-bengali","title":"Thik Thikanar Saandhane - Bengali","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout The Bookthe Second Part Of Award-Winning Author Manoranjan ByapariS Autobiographical Trilogythe Second Part Of This Extraordinary Trilogy Takes Us Into The Late 60S And Early 70S When The Rumblings Of Liberation Grew Louder In East Pakistan And Refugees Came Pouring Into India, Seeking Asylum In The Camps Of West Bengal. The Naxalite Movement Too Was Gathering Momentum; The Cpi(M), Which Had Broken Away From The Communist Party, Itself Split With The Formation Of The Cpi(Ml), And A Bitter Power Tussle Ensued Between Its Factions And The Ruling Party Led By Indira Gandhi. Amidst This Bloody Battle, We Find A Twenty-Something Jibon In Calcutta, Driven To Rage By Hunger, Inequity And A Nave, Contagious Nationalistic Fervour.This Burning Torch Of A Novel Is A Compelling Portrait Of A Youth Negotiating The Streets Of Calcutta, Looking To Seize A Life That Is Constantly Denied To Him.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) Has Been Longlisted 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":47424344916213,"sku":"DADAX9395073675","price":13.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91ugtvMvfeL.jpg?v=1766054059","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/thik-thikanar-saandhane-bengali","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}