Description
Published in 2004
Published by ’Tha’ Publications Incorporation
Notorious for amalgamating oriental realities and occidental fantasies with his own life in his writing, this book of Nilotpal Roy has been feted for its superfluity of language as well as its candid expressiveness. Containing 14 poems and 4 short stories (and 1 additional short story in Bengali language) this book most aptly implements the literary term ‘anti-literature’ coined by poet David Gascoyne in 1935 to describe literature which turns traditional rules and conventions upside down. Whereas, on one hand, in the poems, the nuanced verses imbued with personal themes and supplemented by philosophical motifs hypnotise the readers, on the other hand, in the stories, the avant-garde narrative technique and the bordering-on-the-absurd plot mesmerise the readers to provoke them intellectually. This book is a must read for those who prefer off-the-beaten-track literature.
