{"product_id":"the-nemesis-chandal-jibon-trilogy-book-2","title":"Chandal Jibon Trilogy #2 : The Nemesis - Paperback","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE SECOND PART TO THE RUNAWAY BOY, WINNER OF THE KALINGA LITERATURE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe second part of this extraordinary trilogy takes us into the late 1960s and early 1970s 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 Communist Party split into CPI (M) and CPI (ML), and a bitter power tussle ensued between them and the ruling Congress 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 naïve, 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. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eManoranjan Byapari writes in Bengali. Some of his important works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChhera Chhera Jibon, Ittibrite Chandal Jibon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2018, the English translation of his memoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIttibrite Chandal Jibon (Interrogating My Chandal Life)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBatashe Baruder Gandha (There’s Gunpowder in the Air)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChhera Chhera Jibon (Imaan)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e was shortlisted 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. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eV. Ramaswamy is a literary translator of voices from the margins. His previous translations include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Golden Gandhi Statue from America: Early Stories, Wild Animals Prohibited: Stories, Anti-stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar’s Tale: Two Anti-Novels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award, 2019), all by the anti-establishment Bengali writer, Subimal Misra. He was awarded the inaugural Literature Across Frontiers-Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship at Aberystwyth University to translate the Chandal Jibon novels.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Westland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40160674840642,"sku":"","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/91s8Q8WMVAL.jpg?v=1673513715","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/the-nemesis-chandal-jibon-trilogy-book-2","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}