A Ballad Of Remittent Fever: A Novel
A Ballad Of Remittent Fever: A Novel
by Ashoke Mukhopadhyay
Author: Ashoke Mukhopadhyay
Languages: English
Number Of Pages: 304
Binding: Hardcover
Package Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
Release Date: 10-04-2020
Details: Product Description In the early years of the twentieth century, Calcutta is grappling with deadly diseases such as the plague, cholera, typhoid, malaria, and kala-azar. The populace is restive under British rule as World War I looms large on the horizon. Set against this backdrop, is an indelible tale of loss, hope, love, and mortality. Dr Dwarikanath Ghoshal is propelled by a fierce desire to vanquish the diseases that ravage the population. He does not hesitate to dismiss quackery, superstition, and old-fashioned beliefs that have contributed to the spread of infectious diseases. Four generations of Ghoshals continue to infuse their scientific temper and liberal values into the lives of people around them. There is Dwarikanath’s headstrong son, Kritindranath Ghoshal, who joins the Bengal Ambulance Corps and sets off for the battlefield in Mesopotamia during World War I. There is also his soulmate, Madhumadhabi, who trains to be an Ayurvedic doctor, and is heartbroken when Kritindranath is married off. Equally compelling are Dwarikanath’s wife, Amodini, his grandson, his great-grandson, and a myriad other brilliantly imagined characters who play out their lives in the course of the novel, fighting diseases, social mores, and trying to cope with the enormous, convulsive changes the city is experiencing. Distinctive and beautifully wrought, A Ballad of Remittent Fever is a stunning exploration of the world of medicine and the ordinary miracles performed by physicians in the course of their daily lives. Originally published in the Bengali as Abiram Jwarer Roopkatha, this is one of the most original novels to have come out of India in the twenty-first century. About the Author ASHOKE MUKHOPADHYAY, a corporate communications professional and guest faculty at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, Calcutta University, has written over fourteen books. Mukhopadhyay’s works include, among others, Agnipurush, Atta-N’tar Surya, and Abiram Jwarer Roopkatha. He has also edited five books— India & Communism, Mukti Kon Pathey, Partition of Bengal, The Naxalites through the Eyes of the Police, and ‘Terrorism’: A Colonial Construct..
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