Elegy for the East: A story of blood and broken dreams

Paper Type: Book Print Paper | Size: 216 mm x 140 mm
Black and white; 380 pages; Flexiback
ISBN-13: 978-93-89136-66-1

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Before the relentless march of history, the lone individual is helpless. Yet it is men whose collective efforts give history its momentum and ushers in change of eras. These changes are tempestuous at times—like a churning that brings up both nectar and scum. Elegy for the East explores the utter helplessness and travails of man in face of exactly such overwhelming odds. A narrative not far from truth, where an uncaring, anonymous, and overbearing State creates and/or co-creates situations of social and political strife, and where innocent and beautiful dreams of the masses die in the stony bed of terror and counter-terror. The sylvian countryside of Assam with its green paddy fields hide memories of bloodshed, death, rape, and terror. And through all these, the eternal narrative of man’s quest for peace and meaning shine like a beacon.

This novel is a work of fiction; the characters bear no resemblance to any person dead or alive. Yet they walked amongst us all–in flesh and blood, in thoughts and dreams. Fiction that reflects reality in a more truthful way.

A masterly work of a master storyteller.



Dr Dhrubajyoti Borah
Dr Dhrubajyoti Borah
Author

Dhrubajyoti Borah has written more than 20 novels in Assamese and English. Set in the lush green valleys, steaming forests, emerald tea plantations, and rolling hills of Assam, his novels tell the stories of the youth in angst, of groups who struggle to bring about a more just society, and of women who search for the true meaning of life amidst trials and tribulations. Many of his writings are viewed through the eyes of the subaltern and marginalized social strata. 

Atreyee  Gohain
Atreyee Gohain
Translator

Atreyee Gohain is an Assistant Professor of English at Bethune-Cookman University, Florida, where she teaches courses in academic writing, postcolonial literature, and diasporic American literature. She has a PhD in English from Ohio University and enjoys translating from Assamese to English. Her translations have been published in leading literary journals and anthologies