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Bengal Partition Stories

An Unclosed Chapter

Bashabi Fraser editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Anthem Press

Published:10th Mar '08

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A unique collection of stories of those traumatised by the Partition.

Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.

Through oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.

'The book reopens the wounds to examine them afresh and the editor’s introduction places the stories in perspective.' —Anasuya Basu, ‘The Telegraph Calcutta’


'Significant and timely… Fraser has significant insights.' —Kajari Bhattacharya, ‘The Statesman’


'A book that attempts to break the amazing silence over the Bengal Partition through retellings by those who experienced it first-hand.' —Santanu Sanyal, ‘The Hindu Business Line’

ISBN: 9781843312994

Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 26mm

Weight: 454g

640 pages