Seagull Books takes home the prestigious English Translation Award
The award is for a book authored by Mahasweta Devi. Can you guess?
Published 18.09.24, 09:32 AM
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Seagull Books, one of the most popular publishing houses in
India with a global readership, has earned a new accolade. Truth/Untruth,
written by Mahasweta Devi and translated by Anjum Katyal, has won the Valley of
Words English Translation Award 2024.
The Valley of Words (VoW) Book Awards highlights notable
work in literature. The book, Truth/Untruth, which was published in 2023
and is a fiction, depicts a tale of class exploitation.
Here’s an excerpt of the book, from the website of Seagull
Books:
“Set in Calcutta in the mid-1980s, Truth/Untruth is a
fast-paced thriller built around the death of the pregnant Jamuna — a maid in a
newly affluent residential apartment complex — and Arjun, the upwardly mobile
businessman who seduced her. Packed with a cast of colorful characters, this
novel is a trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at the different
segments of Calcutta society: from the middle-class culture vultures to the
unscrupulous ‘promoter’ class and the domestic helpers and slum goons who form
an intrinsic part of the city’s life.”
You can buy the book here.
— Pooja Mitra
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