First Light (Ganguly novel)
![]() The cover image of প্রথম আলো (First Light, part 1) published by Ananda Publishers | |
Author | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
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Original title | প্রথম আলো |
Translator | Aruna Chakravarti |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Subject | History |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Ananda Publishers, Penguin Books |
Published in English | 2001 |
Awards | Saraswati Samman |
ISBN | 978-0-14-100430-3 |
OCLC | 47225450 |
Preceded by | Those Days |
First Light (Bengali: প্রথম আলো) is a novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is not history, not fiction, but a gestalt of fiction and history where fiction leads. Chronologically it may encompasses the second half of nineteenth century of Indian history, specially then ongoing Bengal Renaissance, but what it does for its readers is create out of his/her own reading a massive canvas of historicized fiction. Gangopadhaya tells a story - one can call it "gossip" (see reference below), one may seek in it "the spirit of an age," but above all else it makes the reader the creator, of his or her own story, with collages of historical characters. The story of the novel centers on many historical figures including Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, George Curzon, etc.[1]MORE TO COME IF EDITORS THINK IT'S WORTH CONTINUING.
References[]
- ^ "History as gossip". The Hindu. 1 April 2001. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- Historical novels
- Novels set in West Bengal
- Indian Bengali-language novels