Description: "First published in 1993 in Bengali as Goynar Baksho by Ananda Publishers, Koklata, India."--Title page verso.
Brief description:
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born in 1935 in present-day Bangladesh. He earned a master's degree from Calcutta University and worked for some time as a schoolteacher before becoming a journalist and author. The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die is a much-loved contemporary classic in Bengali, and it was adapted into the film Goynar Baksho in 2013. The first English translation was published in India in 2017.
Review Quotes:
"A feminist, fractured fairy tale...this is a story that lingers." - NPR
"Mukhopadhyay's take on Gothic romance tropes is surprisingly fresh...nothing short of enjoyable." - Chicago Review of Books
"The book is a riot, a sprightly thriller that will make you not only want to discover more Bengali cultural norms of the vintage era but also create rational stirrings within you to go look up more of Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's works."
- World Literature Today
"A chaotic, furious, extraordinary Bengali confection. . . . Irresistible." - Philip Hensher, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency