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Needle at the Bottom of the Sea
Bengali Tales from the Land of the Eighteen Tides
- 424 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
“Brave and vivid.”—New York Review of Books
These enchanting stories from early modern Bengal reveal how Hindu and Muslim traditions converged on timeless themes of human morality, social culture, and survival.
The Bengali stories in this collection are first and foremost tales of survival. Each story in Needle at the Bottom of the Sea underscores the need for people to work together—not just to overcome the challenges of living in the Sundarban swamps of Bengal, but also to ease hostilities born of social differences in religion, caste, and economic class.
Translated by award-winning scholar of early modern Bengali literature Tony K. Stewart, Needle at the Bottom of the Sea brims with fantasy and excitement. Sufi protagonists travel through a world of wonder where tigers talk and men magically grow into giants, a Hindu princess falls in love with a Muslim holy man, and goddesses rub shoulders with kings and merchants. Across religion, class, and gender, what binds these fabulous stories together is the characters’ pursuit of living honorably and morally in a difficult, corrupt world.
These enchanting stories from early modern Bengal reveal how Hindu and Muslim traditions converged on timeless themes of human morality, social culture, and survival.
The Bengali stories in this collection are first and foremost tales of survival. Each story in Needle at the Bottom of the Sea underscores the need for people to work together—not just to overcome the challenges of living in the Sundarban swamps of Bengal, but also to ease hostilities born of social differences in religion, caste, and economic class.
Translated by award-winning scholar of early modern Bengali literature Tony K. Stewart, Needle at the Bottom of the Sea brims with fantasy and excitement. Sufi protagonists travel through a world of wonder where tigers talk and men magically grow into giants, a Hindu princess falls in love with a Muslim holy man, and goddesses rub shoulders with kings and merchants. Across religion, class, and gender, what binds these fabulous stories together is the characters’ pursuit of living honorably and morally in a difficult, corrupt world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Auspicious Tale of the Lord of the Southern Regions: The RÄy maį¹ gal of Kį¹į¹£į¹arÄm DÄs
- Scouring the World for CÄmpÄvatÄ«: GÄji kÄlu o cÄmpÄvatÄ« kanyÄr puthi of Äbdul OhÄb
- Glorifying the Protective Matron of the Jungle: BonbibÄ« jahurÄ nÄmÄ of MohÄmmad Khater
- Wayward Wives and Their Magical Flying Tree: Satya nÄrÄyaį¹er puthi of Kavi Vallabh
- Curbing the Hubris of Moses: KhoyÄj Khijirās Instruction to MusÄ in NabÄ«vaį¹Åa of Saiyad SultÄn translated with Ayesha A. Irani
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments