{"product_id":"always-being-born-mrinal-sen-9781803091761","title":"Always Being Born: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn outspoken memoir by a much-celebrated Indian filmmaker.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I am a filmmaker by accident and an author by compulsion,\" claims Mrinal Sen, who became part of the great triumvirate of Bengali cinema--along with Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak--in the 1950s and '60s when he founded the rebellious Indian New Wave. Throughout his career, he kept that fire of protest burning, his acute political awareness and left-wing orientation spurring his creativity. Over decades, the themes that pervaded his cinema mirrored the spectrum of human suffering and experience, and in turn crystallized the anger of a restive mind against social injustice, economic deprivation, and communal divide. In this memoir, a celebrated ambassador of Indian cinema on the global stage, for whom cinema became a lexicon that gave voice to the times, reflects on encounters with the legends of the world of images as well as his inspirations and obsessions--not least among them, the city of Calcutta. \u003ci\u003eAlways Being Born\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating memoir of a great artist and a buoyant social commentator who continued to confront, fight, and survive on the very challenges that propelled him to look beyond and dream. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mrinal Sen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803091762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803091761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Mrinal Sen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080371302655,"sku":"9781803091761","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ae79f6f0-b8d2-4eb6-b185-03200715f534.jpg?v=1685486431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/always-being-born-mrinal-sen-9781803091761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}