Indian Short Story Collections - Professor Shonku, Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi, Marmadesam, Srinkal, the Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories (Paperback)

Chapters: Professor Shonku, Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi, Marmadesam, Srinkal, the Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories, Seventeen Tomatoes, Janmadinam, a River Sutra. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Professor Shonku is a short story collection by Satyajit Ray, featuring the eponymous character, Professor Shonku. It was first published in India by NewScript Publications, Calcutta, in 1965 . Of the nine short stories that are part of the collection, eight had formerly been published in various editions of the periodical magazine, Sandesh, and one (namely Professor Shonku o Bhoot) in Ashcharya. The collection contains seven stories, to which two other were added in later editions. Professor Shonkus short stories are written in the format of journal entries with dates, and are assumed to be written by Professor Shonku. These stories are in the realm of science fiction and adventure. The introduction to the first story, Byomjaatrir Diary, goes: Professor Shonku is a reputed scientist, who has not been heard of for a while. Some say that he has died while attempting a scientific experiment. Others say that he has gone incognito, and is continuing his scientific researches and experiments at some unknown corner of the earth. He will reappear in due time. The first of Professor Shonkus diaries come to light through a certain Tarak Chatterjee, an amateur (and rather poor) writer, who has a fascination for tiger stories. On hearing that a large meteor had hit the Matharia areas of the Sunderbans, he had visited the location in search of tiger-skin. Failing to find them, he had looked around to find a red notebook (which turned out to be the first of Professor Shonkus diaries). This he hands to the narrator of the story, who then replicates the journal ent...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2340145