The Lonesome Song
Arunav Barua’s The Lonesome Song is for the seekers who have asked the eternal questions and sung the lonesome song together. The collection is a pleasure to read. They take the readers on an ethereal journey.
Evidence with a Scent of Love
After a thorough research her book presents us with a cunning investigator, a decent criminal defense attorney, and a general prosecutor who is tormented by his conscience. Those three will assist her throughout the story in presenting the confusing legal system of The Tequila State. In her picturesque depictions Viva Liberte gives us a taste of Mexico’s views, scents, and authentic and exceptional colors and sights.
1971 और अन्य कहानियाँ
Eons before the birth of the Roman Empire, there was a civilization dedicated to the sciences of earth, sea, and sky. In the City of Light lived people who made dark plans to lay waste to their uncivilized neighbors using the very power of the planet itself. As the great science of their time was brought to bear on the invading hordes, hell was set loose on Earth. And the civilization of Atlantis disappeared in a suicidal storm of fire and water…
To Dance Life
A gripping and breathtaking family saga; Full of love and passion, cut short before it’s time, not fully realized.
Raul Almandres, a Latin dance instructor from Cuba is of a charming disposition and an unstoppable nature and becomes quite a controversial figure. Raul was raised based on the stories of the notable revolutionary Che Guevara, but when he heard from a friend about Israel and its young Democracy, he reaches a decision to move to Israel and learn about Western Culture. In Israel, Raoul meets a “Jewish Princess” from a good home, Noga Barnea, and the two are swept up in a life full of love and happiness.
But one surprising summer evening, he goes out for a run in the pouring rain and mysterious disappeared without a trace. Even more shocking and suspicious beliefs that he is a spy, a member of some unsavory organization or possibly an agent of an enemy nation was raised.
Seven years would pass until the hard truth surfaced, in a tear-jerking narrative in which the author presents a deep message to the reader.
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The story is based on an interpretation of various events that occurred to the author on a trip to Cuba and in the descriptions of the places that are presented to the reader with the special aromas, colors and authentic atmosphere.
The Land and The Flower
A novel that talks subtly about the loss of habitats and partition.
The land and the flower- A Novel
Selina Hossain was born on June 14, 1947 at Rajshahi, in Bangladesh. One of the foremost writers of Bengali fiction today, she is also actively involved in cultural and social work in the areas of human rights and gender issues. Her publication includes about 21 novels, 4 collections of short stories, 4 books of essays, and 4 books of children’s literature.
Several of her books are in the syllabus of universities such as Rabindra Bharati University, Jadavpur University, and the University of Assam. Her stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Russian and French. Translated novels include Hangor, Nodi, Grenade (English, 1987 and Malayalam, 2001), Neel Mayurer Joubon (English, 1983), Tanaporen (English, 2000 and Urdu 2003).
She likes to travel and has been to many countries. She currently lives in Dhaka.