Description: These enchanting stories from early modern Bengal reveal how Hindu and Muslim traditions converged on timeless themes of human morality, social culture, and survival. The Bengali stories in this collection are first and foremost tales of survival. Each story in Needle at the Bottom of the Sea underscores the need for people to work together-not just to overcome the challenges of living in the Sundarban swamps of Bengal, but also to ease hostilities born of social differences in religion, caste, and economic class. Translated by award-winning scholar of early modern Bengali literature Tony K. Stewart, Needle at the Bottom of the Sea brims with fantasy and excitement. Sufi protagonists travel through a world of wonder where tigers talk and men magically grow into giants, a Hindu princess falls in love with a Muslim holy man, and goddesses rub shoulders with kings and merchants. Across religion, class, and gender, what binds these fabulous stories together is the characters' pursuit of living honorably and morally in a difficult, corrupt world.
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EAN: 9780520388932
UPC: 9780520388932
ISBN: 9780520388932
MPN: N/A
Format: Paperback, 424 pages
Author: Tony K. Stewart
Book Title: Needle at the Bottom of the Sea: Bengali Tales fro
Item Height: 3.3 cm
Item Length: 19.6 cm
Item Weight: 0.36 kg
Item Width: 12.7 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: University of California Press
