Monday, March 30, 2020

The Hungryalists : Review by Sudeep Sen

Monday, Mar 30, 2020 | Last Update : 07:37 PM IST

Polyphony: The call of Bengal, the idea of Bengal

THE ASIAN AGE. | SUDEEP SEN
Published : Mar 27, 2020, 5:04 pm IST
Updated : Mar 27, 2020, 5:15 pm IST
Four very different books that are equally engaging for the stories they tell and how they choose to tell them
(From left) Title: Thirteen Kinds of Love. Author: Soumya Bhattacharya. Publisher: HarperCollins. Pages: 192. Price: 399. Title: The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution. Author: Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury. Publisher: Penguin. Pages: 188. Price: Rs.599. Title: Sarojini’s Mother. Author: Kunal Basu. Publisher: Penguin. Pages: 232. Price: Rs.599

 Title: The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution.
 Author: Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury.
 Publisher: Penguin. Pages: 188. Price: Rs.599. 
The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution by Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury (Penguin)
 is a captivating read for anyone interested in poetry and lives 
of poets, and also those interested in the period of Indian history 
where the ‘Hungry Generation’ group of “barnstorming, 
anti-establishment poets, writers and artists in Bengal in 
the 1960s” altered the literary terrain there and beyond 
 (including Beat Generation poets like Allen Ginsberg). 
Using a judicious mix of non-fiction/fiction techniques,
 Chowdhury lays before us an extraordinary story of our time 
that has largely gone unmapped. This is an urgent and 
important book written with intelligence and lucidity.

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