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Contents: Acknowledgements. I. 1. The Rajmahal. 2. The book of nets. 3. The book of inheritance. 4. The book of famine. 5. The book of hope. II.1. Surjeet Shona moves in. 2. Surjeet Shona moves on. 3. The Landlord's family. 4. Surjeet Shona goes on a journey. 5. Gurdeep grows up. 6. Ali Mallik's new formula. 7. The immanent junior. 8. Twice-married, twice-bereaved. 9. Heavenly hetaerae. 10. A love story. 11. The scarlet net. 12. Memory. "In the Top of the Raintree, Kamalini Sengupta deftly explores Calcutta in its heyday. Intricate personal, social, political and religious ironies are reflected through the surreal, the mundane and the real. The Rajmahal, a magnificent turn-of-the-century Calcutta Mansion on Chowringhee, is imbued with a life of its own, its spaces inhabited by pigeons, ghosts and a diversity of tenants. Surjeet Shona, a complex hybrid, gets involved with the tenants, and their problems -- a British couple adjusting to the new India, a Russian patron of Bengali theatre overwhelmed by the Great Bengal famine, an Anglo-Indian widow fighting alcoholism, an ageing Bengali fobbing off a younger brother desirous of his inheritance and an elegant Muslim family caught in the post-partition Hindu-Muslim dichotomy. Brick by brick, the mansion grows old; chapter by chapter, stereotypes tumble."
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Contents Acknowledgements. I. 1. The Rajmahal. 2. The book of nets. 3. The book of inheritance. 4. The book of famine. 5. The book of hope. II.1. Surjeet Shona moves in. 2. Surjeet Shona moves on. 3. The Landlord's family. 4. Surjeet Shona goes on a journey. 5. Gurdeep grows up. 6. Ali Mallik's new formula. 7. The immanent junior. 8. Twice married twice bereaved. 9. Heavenly hetaerae. 10. A love story. 11. The scarlet net. 12. Memory. In the Top of the Raintree Kamalini Sengupta deftly explores Calcutta in its heyday. Intricate personal social political and religious ironies are reflected through the surreal the mundane and the real. The Rajmahal a magnificent turn of the century Calcutta Mansion on Chowringhee is imbued with a life of its own its spaces inhabited by pigeons ghosts and a diversity of tenants. Surjeet Shona a complex hybrid gets involved with the tenants and their problems a British couple adjusting to the new India a Russian patron of Bengali theatre overwhelmed by the Great Bengal famine an Anglo Indian widow fighting alcoholism an ageing Bengali fobbing off a younger brother desirous of his inheritance and an elegant Muslim family caught in the post partition Hindu Muslim dichotomy. Brick by brick the mansion grows old chapter by chapter stereotypes tumble. 294 pp. Seller Inventory # 63021
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 293 pages. Explores Calcutta in its heyday. Intricate personal, social, political and re ligious ironies are reflected through the surreal, the mundane and the real. The Rajmahal, a magnificent-turn-of-the-century Calcutta mansion on Chowringhee, is. Seller Inventory # 2016b
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