Chowringhee (novel)
Chowronghee is a novel by Bengali author Sankar. First published in Bengali in 1962, the novel became a bestseller and was translated into a number of Indian languages and made into a film and a play. It is considered arguably Sankar's most popular book, a classic novel in Bengali. The novel, translated into English by Arunava Sinha, won the Vodafone Crossword Book Award 2007 for the best translation. The novel was shortlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2010.
The cover of Chowringhee published by Penguin books | |
| Author | Sankar |
|---|---|
| Original title | চৌরঙ্গী |
| Translator | Arunava Sinha |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Dey's Publishing in Bengali, Penguin books and Atlantic Books in English |
Publication date | 1962 |
Published in English | 2007 |
| Pages | 360 in Bengali (Dey's Publishing 1994 edition), 403 (Penguin 2007 edition) and 416 (Atlantic 2009 edition) in English |
| ISBN | 978-1-84354-914-7 |
| OCLC | 551425289 |
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