Dashti Upanyas by Moti Nandi [Hardcover]

In an autobiography, Moti Nandi wrote, "To me, sports and the field are a matter of knowledge. This has ultimately become my livelihood. Through my involvement with sports, I have come to understand the importance of the human body, the beauty of bodily movement, and the expression of qualities gained through hard work, which sometimes even transcends to the level of experiencing art. It also shows and helps me understand what the existence of the lower-middle-class people in society looks like." His novels, such as Striker and Koni, based on the world of sports, are the golden fruits of these feelings and impulses. These remarkable novels stand as permanent monuments to the author’s work. Alongside them, the author's experience-based and investigative stories about the middle and lower-middle-class people are a valuable contribution to Bengali literature. Themes such as the decaying values of society, the conflict of conscience, soulless relationships, greed, selfishness, poverty, love and its absence, deprivation, individual rebellion, fear of death, dreams, and the painful breakdown of dreams permeate his stories. Moreover, each of his narratives is full of clarity, movement, and intense curiosity, with distinct flavors and dimensions. In each novel, he is unique, constantly searching and relentless in his unraveling of the story. In this artistic endeavor, he has achieved a remarkable mastery. This collection includes ten of his such novels: Dwadashee Bikti (The Twelfth Person), Nayoker Probesh O Proshthan (The Hero's Entrance and Exit), Baranda (The Veranda), Baobab (Baobab), Chhaya (Shadow), Dwitiyo Inings-er Por (After the Second Innings), Bhalo Chele (The Good Boy), Nalbika (Nalbika), Chhotobabu (Little Master), and Jibonto (Alive).