Sharat Chandrer Boithaki Galpa by Gopal Chandra Ray [Hardcover]

"Sarat Chandra's excellence and popularity in fiction are timeless. He remains equally vibrant and widely read even today. Many people do not know that, like the storyteller Sarat Chandra, the narrative storyteller Sarat Chandra also once captured the hearts of the nation. Those who came close to him knew that the storyteller often overshadowed the writer. Sarat Chandra had an extraordinary ability to tell stories. His way of speaking had such a magical touch that listeners would be instantly captivated. Mohitlal Majumdar testified: 'Everyone has read Sarat Chandra's stories and been enchanted, but the inspiration I got from hearing them from his mouth was of a different kind, with an even more infallible contagion of emotion.'

Sarat Chandra was a rare raconteur. In gatherings of friends or any meeting, he could enliven the atmosphere for hours with his storytelling. The content of these stories was also unique: love, unlove, laughter, tears, good, bad, chaste, unchaste, and even ghost stories. These stories, both known and unknown, were scattered among many listeners and various publications in an unwritten form. The astonishing accounts collected from different sources have been compiled into 'Sarat Chandra's Conversational Stories.' After the first publication, this book has been expanded with more stories in its 'Ananda' edition."