Ebaro Baro by Satyajit Ray [Hardcover]

After "Ek Dojon Goppo" (A Dozen Stories), "Aro Ek Dojon" (Another Dozen), and "Aro Baro" (Yet Another Twelve), those who thought Satyajit Ray wouldn’t be able to come up with another title for a new collection of twelve stories using "twelve" were in for a surprise with this fresh collection of twelve stories—"Ebaro Baro" (Once Again Twelve). Despite his illness, Satyajit Ray illustrated each story and created an eye-catching cover.

Just as the title is extraordinary, so are the stories in this collection. In addition to two brilliant detective mysteries featuring Feluda, the other ten stories stand out on their own. Whether in subject matter, humor, description, or character portrayal, each story is unique. The piercing fate of the paranoid Mr. Sadhan, Rasiklal’s jest with a certificate, the cunning of an old man who hides his age, a deception that outsmarts even a magician, a satirical take on extreme Anglophilia, a studio that paints supernatural pictures, the outcome of peculiar hobbies, the life story of an inept man, Mackenzie’s fruit, and a memorable math teacher—these stories will fill readers’ hearts with joy, sorrow, surprise, and delight. This book is not just for reading once but for revisiting time and again.