Jibanananda Das (Ordine dei libri)

Jibanananda Das Ordine dei libri

Jibanananda Das si afferma come forse il poeta bengalese più popolare, riconosciuto come un precursore chiave del modernismo nella letteratura bengalese. Sebbene la sua insolita dizione poetica, le scelte lessicali e le preferenze tematiche abbiano inizialmente richiesto tempo per risuonare, il suo lavoro ha infine conquistato i cuori dei lettori. Verso la seconda metà del XX secolo, la poesia di Das era diventata l'essenza distintiva del modernismo nella poesia bengalese.

Malloban

240pagine
9 ore di lettura

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Malloban is set in North Calcutta in the winter of 1929. The eponymous protagonist, a lower-middle-class office worker, lives in College Street-a locality known for its bookstores, publishing houses, and universities-with his wife Utpala and their daughter Monu. The novel unfolds through a series of everyday scenes of dysfunction and discontent: bickering about bathrooms and budgeting, family trips to the zoo and the movies, a visit from Utpala's brother's family which displaces Malloban to a boarding house, and the appearance of a frequent late-night visitor to Utpala's upstairs bedroom. Meanwhile, the daughter Monu bears the brunt of her parents' "unlove." Arguably the most beloved poet in modern Bangla after Tagore, Jibanananda wrote a significant number of novels and short stories discovered and published after his death. Malloban is his most popular novel.