IT RAINED ALL NIGHT
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๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ค : ๐๐๐
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๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ (๐
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๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐ : ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐
๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
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I read this book just wanted to know what exactly made the Govt. ban this book in the 1960s.
Yes... Banned, when it was first published in Bengali in 1967 on charges of obscenity, 'Rat Bhore Brishti' or 'It Rained All Night' written by Buddadeva Bose translated by Clinton B Seeley is a stunning example of a book way ahead of its time.
The book has this unique concept of telling the story from both the husband and wifeโs perspective. When you first read it from the wife's viewpoint you canโt help but feel sympathy for her but in the next chapter the husband narrates his part of the story and you end up feeling pity for the husband. At the end you really canโt make out as to who is the proverbial โcomplete jerkโ in this whole sham called marriage.โ A snapped wire can never be made whole againโ and this is how the book ends on a note of hope but without any near reconciliation in sight.
Maloti, married to Nayanangshu for 12 years, finds herself drawn to his friend Jayanto who is the polar opposite of her husband. A tale of love, desire , infidelity and deception, set on the night that Maloti succumbing to her desire sleeps with Jayanto, the couple recall the instances leading up to the affair. 5 alternative chapters lead us into the minds of Maloti and Angshu, both are right, both are wrong .. and both are to be blamed.
I sort of sided with each when they put forth their viewpoints, but if I am asked to choose sides, I would tilt towards Maloti, as she seems to be the more normal of the couple, who just sought love and companionship, which was not provided by her husband.I love how the narration is alternated between Maloti and Nayonangshu, each telling us their side of the story, and how the reader feels at the same time a third party voyeur and a closely involved part of the story. So simple, yet so powerful. So natural, yet so devastating. Life, marriage, relations and fascination all showcased together with great skill. And writing was excellent.
My Rating
4/5
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