The Oxford Anthology of Writings from North-East India
Volume I: Fiction
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP India
- Date of Publication 10 February 2011
- ISBN 9780198067481
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 223x148x27 mm
- Weight 532 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Covering almost 60 years (since early 1950s) of literary activity, this two-volume anthology includes fiction, poetry, and essays by some of the leading writers from North-East India, comprising the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. Arranged state-wise, Volume I focuses on fiction and includes 32 selections, many of them specially translated for this anthology.
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Covering almost 60 years (since early 1950s) of literary activity, this two-volume anthology includes fiction, poetry, and essays by some of the leading writers from North-East India, comprising the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. Offering a judicious selection of writers from three generations of the post-Independence era, the state-wise arrangement allows a comparative analysis of the development of literature
in the region. Alongside established practitioners, the anthology includes pioneering works that show a new awareness about the emerging social and intellectual concerns in the region.
This volume includes 32 pieces by 31 writers representing some of the best fiction writing from the region. Contemporary issues such as violence perpetrated by various militant outfits and in the form of counter-insurgency operations by the armed forces and human endurance in the light of these are some of the dominant themes of fiction writing included in this volume. Divided into seven sections, in this volume we come across some of the most celebrated practitioners of the genre. In Lummer
Dai and Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, we find the first generation of fiction writers from Arunachal Pradesh, who through their writings sensitively questioned the values represented by the traditional institutions that gave little space to the voices of the youth and the women. Alongside these master
architects features Mamang Dai, a contemporary literary voice from the region. Including some new translations commissioned especially for the project, the volume comes with a comprehensive Introduction by Tilottoma Misra that traces the roots of the literature of the North-East.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Arunachal Pradesh: Lummer Dai, 'The Price of a Bride'
Mamang Dai, 'Travel the Road'
Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, 'The Forest Guard' / Assam: Rasna Barua, 'The Partings'
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya, 'Mrityunjay'
Souravkumar Chaliha, 'Slaves'
Rong Bong Terang, 'A Smiling Village'
Atulananda Goswami, 'Munni's Legs'
Manoj Goswami, 'Samiran Borua is on his Way'
Arupa Patagia Kalita, 'The Conflict'
Manorama Das Medhi, 'A Time to Come'
Moushumi Kondoli, 'The Crossroads of Mukindon'
Imran Hussein, 'The Slaughter'
Kallol Chaudhuri, 'The Haflong Hills'
Shekhar Das, 'The Treasure-trove'
Pankaj Thakur, 'Ellen, the Tiger and I' / Manipur: Yumlembam Ibomicha, 'Nightmare'
Yengkhom Indira, 'The Herb Seller'
T. Bijoykumar Singh, 'The Mauled Cub' / Meghalaya: S.J. Duncan, 'Civility is all that Counts'
Wan Kharkrang, 'The Magical Power of the Necktie'
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, 'Jaiph: Scrumptious Meat or Prophetic Frogs?' / Mizoram: Thanseia Mona Zote, 'The Gold Necklace'
Vanneihtluanga, 'Innocence Wears another Look'
Margaret Zama, 'Liandova and Tualsiala' / Nagaland: Temsula Ao, 'The Curfew Man' and 'Sonny'
Monalisa Changkija, 'The Hunter's Story'
Easterine Iralu, 'The Man who Lost his Spirit' / Tripura: Haribhushan Pal, 'Nanda Teli'
Bimal Chaudhuri, 'Riot'
Haripada Debbarma, 'The Queen-Swap Magic'
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