The Collected Short Stories of Kazi Nazrul Islam
Syed Manzoorul Islam and Kaustav Chakraborty
Price
805
ISBN
9789354427121
Language
English
Pages
308
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2024
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Orient BlackSwan

This unique volume presents all 20 of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s short stories for the first time in English translation. Featuring rich imagery, evocative landscapes, references to music, classical poetry, folktales and more, these stories invite the reader to re-evaluate the ‘rebel poet’ as an empathetic humanitarian. The volume is a transnational, collaborative labour of love bringing together stellar editors and translators from Bangladesh and India. The stories are accompanied by a timeline of Nazrul’s life and a critical introduction that not only provides foundational contexts for the stories, but also highlights Nazrul’s attempt to counter majoritarianism and various hegemonies by dismantling hierarchies and celebrating intimate pluralities.

Syed Manzoorul Islam is Professor Emeritus in the English Department of the University of Dhaka.

Kaustav Chakraborty is Associate Professor of English at Southfield College, Darjeeling.

Acknowledgements
Publisher’s Acknowledgements
Nazrul: A Timeline
A Critical Introduction to Nazrul’s Short Stories
Syed Manzoorul Islam and Kaustav Chakraborty

HARVEST OF SORROW
1. Harvest of Sorrow
2. Hena
3. In the Relentless Rain
4. Half Asleep
5. Insatiate Desire
6. Letter from a Political Prisoner

The AGONY OF THE DESTITUTE
7. The Agony of the Destitute
8. Autobiography of the Vagabond
9. Meher Negar
10. Evening Star
11. Rakshasi
12. Salek
13. The Widow
14. The Restless Traveller

THE SHIULI MALA
15. The Lotus-Cobra
16. The King of the Djinns
17. The Volcano
18. The Shiuli Mala

UNANTHOLOGISED STORIES
19. Letter from a Lost Boy
20. The Hawk-Cuckoo from the Woods

Editors and Translators

1. Book Excerpt | Published in the Asian Review of Books, 7 August 2024.
2. Book Review | Published in the Frontline (Fortnightly), Chennai, 12 July 2024.