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Elegy for the East : A Story of Blood and Broken Dreams

Author :  Dhrubajyoti Borah Translated from the Assamese by Kalantarar Gadya

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Country
India
Publisher
Thornbird, An imprint of Niyogi Books, New Delhi.
ISBN 9789389136661
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2020
Bib. Info pb; 378p.; 22cm.
Product Weight 550 gms.
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Before the relentless march of history, the lone individual is helpless. Yet it is men whose collective efforts give history its momentum and ushers in change of eras. These changes are tempestuous at times—like a churning that brings up both nectar and scum. Elegy for the East explores the utter helplessness and travails of man in face of exactly such overwhelming odds. A narrative not far from truth, where an uncaring, anonymous, and overbearing State creates and/or co-creates situations of social and political strife, and where innocent and beautiful dreams of the masses die in the stony bed of terror and counter-terror. The sylvian countryside of Assam with its green paddy fields hide memories of bloodshed, death, rape, and terror. And through all these, the eternal narrative of man’s quest for peace and meaning shine like a beacon. This novel is a work of fiction; the characters bear no resemblance to any person dead or alive. Yet they walked amongst us all–in flesh and blood, in thoughts and dreams. Fiction that reflects reality in a more truthful way. A masterly work of a master storyteller.

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