Pratham Pratishruti by Ashapurna Debi [Hardcover]

Prothom Protishruti, also spelled Pratham Pratishruti, is a 1964 Bengali novel by Ashapurna Devi. Considered to be Devi's magnum opus, it tells the story of Satyabati who was given away in marriage at the age of eight to maintain the social norms and was kept under strict surveillance of Brahmanical regulations. The novel narrates Satyabati's struggle to fight against family control, the mental violence of the polygamy system, and social prejudices in patriarchal society. It won Rabindra Puraskar in 1965 and Jnanpith Award in 1976.