Ekti Sahashi Drishyo by Binod Ghoshal [Hardcover]

Vinod Ghoshal is a well-known name in modern Bengali literature. His first short story, "Ekto Jiboner Barnona" (A Little Description of Life), was published in the "Desh" magazine. With his very first story, the young writer made a mark, and Bengali readers sat up and took notice. They began to trust this new pen. Vinod did not disappoint them. His readers were amazed and captivated by his ideas, prose style, and character creation in one short story after another.

Vinod's prose is very simple. When you start reading, you don't stumble anywhere, you don't need to look up complex words or theories in the dictionary, and you don't scratch your head. Yet, behind that simple language, the author continuously draws various forms of complex psychology. Whether it is harsh realism or fantasy, Vinod moves effortlessly through all kinds of short stories. Readers are often astonished by Vinod's stories about the lives of marginalized people in society.

His readers have dubbed Vinod a "dark story writer" because there is more darkness in his stories. However, in Vinod's own words, light can be shown in two ways. First, by showing the light directly, and second, by introducing the darkness. Vinod believes that if people can recognize the darkness, they will find their own light. So, under the guise of talking about darkness, he is actually talking about light and continues to do so.

In this book, just as there is darkness, there is also a play of light. It can be confidently said that readers wandering through this lattice of light and darkness will not be disappointed. Moreover, the stories compiled in this book are not found in any of the author's other storybooks. So, let's enter the wonderful world of Vinod's short stories.