Overview

Who tells the greatest story - God or Manto? Dozakhnama: Conversations in Hell is an extraordinary novel, a biography of Manto and Ghalib and a history of Indian culture rolled into one. Exhumed from dust, Manto¿s unpublished novel surfaces in Lucknow. Is it real or is it a fake? In this dastan, Manto and Ghalib converse, entwining their lives in shared dreams. The result is an intellectual journey that takes us into the people and events that shape us as a culture. As one writer describes it, `I discovered Rabisankar Bal like a torch in the darkness of the history of this subcontinent. This is the real story of two centuries of our own country.¿ Rabisankar Bal¿s audacious novel, told by reflections in a mirror and forged in the fires of hell, is both an oral tale and a shield against oblivion. An echo of distant screams. Inscribed by the devil¿s quill, Dozakhnama is an outstanding performance of subterranean memory.

ISBN-13

9788184003086

ISBN-10

8184003080

Format

Paperback

Pages

544 pages

Publisher

Random House India

Published On

2012-12-01



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