Entering the Maze Queer Fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick
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Author: | Krishnagopal Mallick Translated from Bengali by Niladri R Chatterjee |
ISBN 13: | 9789391125905 |
Binding: | Softcover |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2023 |
Subject: | Language and literature |
About the Book
Krishnagopal Mallick’s works transport the reader back to a nostalgic time when Kolkata had a more relaxed pace of life. His unselfconscious prose pulls us into a city of trams, quiet lanes and quaint by-lanes, and a life lived with honesty and simple joys.
And yet, rarely has Bengali literature witnessed such clear-eyed narratives of public and private violence, sexuality and humour. Unusual in their frank depiction of sexual encounters and behaviour, the two short stories and a novella in this collection are a significant addition to queer literature in India, now made accessible to readers in English.
Entering the Maze introduces us to a craftsman of deadpan storytelling, who infuses North Kolkata with a queer radiance unmatched in Indian writing. Once one enters the world of these translations one cannot emerge unmoved, unchanged or unaffected.