Apur Desh : Ekti Atmakahini (Bengali Version)

Book Details

• Author: Parimal Bhattacharya

• Publisher: Ababhash

• Language: Bengali

• ISBN: 9789380732398

• Pages: 240

• First Edition: January 2016

• 4th Print: January 2024

• Format: Paperback

• Size: 21.5 x 14 cm
  

About the Book
Inspired by the unforgettable exchange between Apu and Pulu in Apur Sansar directed by Satyajit Ray, this book blurs the line between fiction and autobiography. When Apu describes his “novel” about a poor yet sensitive village boy whose life unfolds through education, hardship, and awakening, Pulu reminds him—“It’s an autobiography!”

Parimal Bhattacharya takes that idea further. Apur Desh becomes not just an individual’s life story, but a layered autobiography of the Bengalis since the nineteenth century—though not in its complete or official form. Seeking the missing and often suppressed narratives, the author embarks on a compelling journey across landscapes and memories, listening to stories of resilience, love, struggle, and dreams.

Blending fiction, memoir, reportage, and travel writing, this 240-page paperback unfolds as a literary journey through a young deltaic land and its people. Like the author’s earlier works, it resists rigid genre boundaries and instead offers readers a richly textured narrative experience.