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Mukhopadhyay, Sirshendu, 1935-
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Women, Bengali -- Fiction.
Ghosts -- Fiction.
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Mukhopadhyay, Sirshendu, 1935-
Women, Bengali -- Fiction.
Ghosts -- Fiction.
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The
aunt
who
wouldn
't
die
: a
novel
/ Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ; translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha.
by
Mukhopadhyay, Sirshendu, 1935-
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Call #:
FICTION MUK
Subjects
Women, Bengali -- Fiction.
Ghosts -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780062976321 (hc)
9780062976345 (trade pbk)
Uniform title:
Goynar baksho. English
Alternate title:
Aunt
who
would not
die
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
146 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"First published in 1993 in Bengali as Goynar Baksho by Ananda Publishers, Koklata, India."--T.p. verso.
Translated from the Bengali.
Summary:
"A laugh-out-loud, tug-at-your-heartstrings tale of love, family, and freedom centered around three generations of Bengali women. Somlata has just married into the dynastic but declining Mitra family. At eighteen, she expects to settle into her role as a devout wife in this traditional, multi-generational family. But then Somlata, wandering the halls of the grand, decaying Mitra mansion, stumbles upon the body of her great aunt-in-law, Pishima. A child bride widowed at twelve, Pishima has finally passed away at the ripe old age of seventy. But she isn'
t
letting go just yet. Pishima has long harbored a grudge against the Mitras for keeping her in perpetual widowhood, never allowed to fall in love. Now, her ghost intends to meddle in their lives, making as much mischief as possible. Pishima gives Somlata the keys to her mysterious box of gold to keep it out of the Mitras' hands. However, the selfless Somlata, witnessing her new family waste away their wealth to the brink of bankruptcy, has her own ideas. Boshon is a book-loving, scooter-riding, rebellious teenager
who
wants nothing to do with the many suitors that ask for her hand. She yearns for freedom and wants to go to college. But when her poor neighbor returns from America she finds herself falling in love. Perhaps Pishima's yearning spirit lives on in her own her heart? The
Aunt
Who
Wouldn
't
Die
is a frenetic, funny, and fresh
novel
about three generations of Mitra women
who
are surprising at every turn and defy all expectations. They may be guarding a box of gold, but they are the true treasures in this gem of a
novel
"--Publisher.
Genre:
Humorous fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Magic realism (Literature)
Literary fiction.
Bengali fiction -- Translations into English.
Other authors:
Sinha, Arunava.
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