Swarnalata / Tilottoma Misra ; translated from the Asomiya by Udayon Misra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Misra, Tilottoma, author.

Contributor:

Misra, Udayon, 1945- translator.

Standardized Title:

Svarṇalatā. English

Language:

Assamese

English

Subjects (All):

Baruwā, Guṇābhirāma.

Women--Education--India--Fiction.

Women.

Marriage--India--Fiction.

Marriage.

Young women--Psychology--Fiction.

Young women.

Baruwā, Guṇābhirāma--Fiction.

Baruwā, Svarṇalat--Fiction.

Baruwā, Svarṇalat.

Young women--Psychology.

Women--Education.

Assam (India)--History--19th century--Fiction.

Assam (India).

Assam (India)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

Kolkata (India)--History--19th century--Fiction.

Kolkata (India).

India.

Genre:

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

293 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Zubaan, 2018.

Summary:

"Set in mid-nineteenth century Assam when the forces of tradition were being challenged by new concepts of modernity, Swarnalata is the story of three women from very different social backgrounds, each caught in the whirlpool of change, each trying to chart her own course in life, heroically, silently. As the intertwined lives of Swarnalata, Tora and Lakhi unfold, the reader is taken on a fascinating journey into the social milieu of the times where issues like women's education and widow remarriage held centre stage. The plight of indentured labour, peasant resistance against colonial exploitation, the reformist initiatives of the Brahmo Samaj and the proselytizing efforts of the Christian missionaries are themes that run through the narrative..."--Dust jacket.

Notes:

Originally published in Assamese 1991. First published in English by the same publisher in 2011.

Translation of : Svarṇalatā.

ISBN:

9789385932458

9385932454

OCLC:

1007064104

Publisher Number:

99978574667