![]() However, in the first two pages itself, I was won over by the author’s perfect prose, pregnant with humor, satire and beautiful description of nature, belying his claim of being a novice.Īs I progressed, I noted a brilliant plot doctoring by Sarat Chandra. In the beginning, Srikanta humbly asks for readers’ sympathy for the unromantic narration, as he is just a simple person, not some famous poet. ![]() The opening line summarizes the essence of novel, “As I sit down to tell my story in this fading afternoon of my wandering life, I am flooded with memories.” And, so began an unabashed memoir of Srikanta’s life, in the choicest of words, garlanded with lyrical prose, and melodious poetry. It is written in first person by a man who has seen the world and wishes to share his experience with the readers. ![]() The story revolves around a wandering young man from the age of fifteen to thirty plus. Srikanta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay is the first novel by the noted Bengali novelist, that I have read, and is a part of The Saratchandra Omnibus. ![]()
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