{"product_id":"the-murderer-somdatta-mandal-9789391431648","title":"The Murderer: English rendering of Khooni - the last novel published posthumously","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThough written and published serially during the middle of his writing career around 1943-1944, Manik Bandyopadhyay's \u003ci\u003eKhoon\u003c\/i\u003ei (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Murderer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e) was discovered much later and published posthumously in book form only in 2013. Like most of his other novels, this short novella deals primarily with the dark alleyways of the human mind of ordinary people. Here we find the psychological ramifications within the mind of the main protagonist Mukunda, who, after murdering his wife Kamini, tries to lead life according to his own terms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomdatta Mandal is Former Professor of English at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India. A recipient of the \u003ci\u003eSahitya Akademi award\u003c\/i\u003e for translation, she has translated from Bengali to English several short stories as well as different kinds of Indian travelogues of men and women during colonial times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Somdatta Mandal,Manik Bandyopadhyay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 939143164X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789391431648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hawakal Publishers Private Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Somdatta Mandal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800828981503,"sku":"9789391431648","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-murderer-somdatta-mandal-9789391431648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}