Home in the dark : selected stories / Jayanta Dey ; translated by Sayari Debnath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De, Jaẏanta, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Debnath, Sayari, translator.

Series:

India list

The India list

Language:

Bengali

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations.

City and town life--India.

City and town life.

Middle class--India.

Middle class.

Kolkata (India).

Genre:

Novels

Translations

Short stories.

Physical Description:

252 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2026.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Bengali.

Summary:

"What happens when civility proves to be nothing more than a mask--and it begins to slip? 'Home in the dark' peels back the polished surface of middle-class life in Bengal to expose the shadows lurking underneath: violence, betrayal, and the unsettling truths we refuse to see. In these twelve gripping stories, Jayanta Dey weaves a world where desperation takes strange forms: a woman on the brink of suicide finds an unlikely saviour in a rat; a stolen clock carries the weight of communal hatred; a city gentleman struggles to disprove his impotency, an emasculation he refuses to accept; and a writer-publisher duo rides the highs of literary success--until their lucrative business in pornography turns against them. Set in Calcutta and its suburbs, these tales decipher the moral and psychological conflicts simmering beneath genteel facdes, where people will do anything to survive. With elements of the macabre, 'Home in the dark' delivers sharp twists that unsettle as much as they illuminate. Translated from Bengali by Sayari Debnath, this collection brings a new and daring voice to world readers, offering a rare glimpse into the dark undercurrents of contemporary urban life in India"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Poison

The wedding anniversary

My mother

Gopal's widow

A hidden hell

Pendulum

Rasik-Babu's horse

Thirty-two pages

A family

The price

The stink of relief

The tunnel.

ISBN:

9781803095714

1803095717

OCLC:

1566227535

Publisher Number:

CIPO000321994