ISBN-13: 9783659804175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 220 str.
Bhabani Bhattacharya, the earliest of the social realists of post-Independent Indian English fiction, is a well-known Indo-Anglian novelist. His works consist of translations from Tagore, entitled The Golden Boat, Indian Cavalcade, a collection of historical sketches; Towards Universal Man, a commemoration volume published on the eve of the birth centenary of Tagore; Steel Hawk, a collection of fifteen short stories; Gandhi, the Writer, a highly stimulating and provocative study released on the occasion of the birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi and six novels-So Many Hungers (1947); Music for Mohini (1952); He Who Rides a Tiger (1954); A Goddess Named Gold (1960); Shadow from Ladakh (1966) and A Dream in Hawaii (1978). His novels present a true picture of India and its teeming millions. His outlook is highly constructive and purposeful. High idealism permeates his works and they record the hopes and aspirations of people heroically involved in the struggle between the old and the new and inspired by the vision of a just social order.
Bhabani Bhattacharya, the earliest of the social realists of post-Independent Indian English fiction, is a well-known Indo-Anglian novelist. His works consist of translations from Tagore, entitled The Golden Boat, Indian Cavalcade, a collection of historical sketches; Towards Universal Man, a commemoration volume published on the eve of the birth centenary of Tagore; Steel Hawk, a collection of fifteen short stories; Gandhi, the Writer, a highly stimulating and provocative study released on the occasion of the birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi and six novels-So Many Hungers (1947); Music for Mohini (1952); He Who Rides a Tiger (1954); A Goddess Named Gold (1960); Shadow from Ladakh (1966) and A Dream in Hawaii (1978). His novels present a true picture of India and its teeming millions. His outlook is highly constructive and purposeful. High idealism permeates his works and they record the hopes and aspirations of people heroically involved in the struggle between the old and the new and inspired by the vision of a just social order.