Lopamudra Banerjee

Broschiertes Buch

All That Jazz & Other Path breaking Tales

A Romance Novella & 10 Short Stories

Beschreibung

'All That Jazz and Other Pathbreaking Tales', consisting of 'All That Jazz: A Romance Novella and 10 Short Stories narrate the tales of contemporary women and their emotional journeys, their life choices and their travails. Romance, gender, sexuality, and the spirited journeys of love and loss form the crux of these pathbreaking narratives. The novella and the short stories are set in the backdrop of the throbbing city of Kolkata and its suburbs, the picturesque mountains of North Bengal, Delhi and its outskirts and in various cities in USA. Set in the backdrop of these diverse settings, these stories unburden the hidden desires, the old scars, the indomitable passion and irresistible emotions of the protagonists as their journeys unfold various nuances of their lives. The book won Honorary Mention at the New England Book Festival 2020. About Lopamudra Banerjee Lopamudra Banerjee is an acclaimed author/poet, editor, living with her family in Texas, USA, originally from Kolkata, India. She teaches Creative Writing at Richland College and Texas Christian University, USA. Her memoir 'Thwarted Escape: An Immigrant's Wayward Journey' received honorary mention at The Los Angeles Book Festival and was also a First Place Category Winner at the Journey Awards 2014 (Chanticleer Reviews and Media, USA). She also received The International Reuel Prize for Poetry in 2017 and The International Reuel Prize for Translation in 2016 (for 'The Broken Home', her English translation of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore's novella). She has authored six books (memoir, poetry, fiction and translation) and co-edited four anthologies of poetry and fiction. This is her debut book of fiction.

Autor

Lopamudra Banerjee is an author, poet, translator, editor with seven books and five anthologies in fiction and poetry. She lives in Texas, USA where she also teaches Creative Writing at Texas Christian University. She has been a recipient of the Journey Awards (First Place category winner) for her memoir 'Thwarted Escape: An Immigrant's Wayward Journey', the International Reuel Prize for Poetry (2017) and International Reuel Prize for her English translation of Nobel Laureate Tagore's selected works of fiction (2016). Lopamudra has published two critically acclaimed volumes of poetry, 'Let the Night Sing' and 'Woman and Her Muse', and her poetry has also been published in renowned platforms including 'Life in Quarantine', the Digital Humanities Archive of Stanford University. She has been a Featured Poet at Rice University, Houston in November 2019. Her recent publication 'Bakul Katha: Tale of the Emancipated Woman', her English translation of Ashapurna Devi's award-winning Bengali novel 'Bakul Katha' has received Honorable Mention at London Book Festival.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blue Pencil
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9788193955543
• ISBN-10: 8193955544
• Artikelnr.: 64162353