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A Ballad of Remittent Fever

- A Novel
Af: Ashoke Mukhopadhyay Engelsk Hardback

A Ballad of Remittent Fever

- A Novel
Af: Ashoke Mukhopadhyay Engelsk Hardback
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In the early years of the twentieth century, Calcutta is grappling with deadly diseases such as the plague, cholera, typhoid, malaria, and kala-azar. The populace is restive under British rule as World War Ioomsarge on the horizon. Set against this backdrop, is an indelible tale ofoss, hope,ove, and mortality.Dr Dwarikanath Ghoshal is propelled by a fierce desire to vanquish the diseases that ravage the population. He does not hesitate to dismiss quackery, superstition, and old-fashioned beliefs that have contributed to the spread of infectious diseases.Four generations of Ghoshals continue to infuse their scientific temper andiberal values into theives of people around them. There is Dwarikanath''s headstrong son, Kritindranath Ghoshal, who joins the Bengal Ambulance Corps and sets off for the battlefield in Mesopotamia during World War I. There is also his soulmate, Madhumadhabi, who trains to be an Ayurvedic doctor, and is heartbroken when Kritindranath is married off.Equally compelling are Dwarikanath''s wife, Amodini, his grandson, his great-grandson, and a myriad other brilliantly imagined characters who play out theirives in the course of the novel, fighting diseases, social mores, and trying to cope with the enormous, convulsive changes the city is experiencing.Distinctive and beautifully wrought, A Ballad of Remittent Fever is a stunning exploration of the world of medicine and the ordinary miracles performed by physicians in the course of their dailyives. Originally published in the Bengali as Abiram Jwarer Roopkatha, this is one of the most original novels to have come out of India in the twenty-first century.
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In the early years of the twentieth century, Calcutta is grappling with deadly diseases such as the plague, cholera, typhoid, malaria, and kala-azar. The populace is restive under British rule as World War Ioomsarge on the horizon. Set against this backdrop, is an indelible tale ofoss, hope,ove, and mortality.Dr Dwarikanath Ghoshal is propelled by a fierce desire to vanquish the diseases that ravage the population. He does not hesitate to dismiss quackery, superstition, and old-fashioned beliefs that have contributed to the spread of infectious diseases.Four generations of Ghoshals continue to infuse their scientific temper andiberal values into theives of people around them. There is Dwarikanath''s headstrong son, Kritindranath Ghoshal, who joins the Bengal Ambulance Corps and sets off for the battlefield in Mesopotamia during World War I. There is also his soulmate, Madhumadhabi, who trains to be an Ayurvedic doctor, and is heartbroken when Kritindranath is married off.Equally compelling are Dwarikanath''s wife, Amodini, his grandson, his great-grandson, and a myriad other brilliantly imagined characters who play out theirives in the course of the novel, fighting diseases, social mores, and trying to cope with the enormous, convulsive changes the city is experiencing.Distinctive and beautifully wrought, A Ballad of Remittent Fever is a stunning exploration of the world of medicine and the ordinary miracles performed by physicians in the course of their dailyives. Originally published in the Bengali as Abiram Jwarer Roopkatha, this is one of the most original novels to have come out of India in the twenty-first century.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9789389836028
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 9389836026
Udg. Dato: 20 maj 2020
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 203mm
Højde: 127mm
Forlag: Aleph Book Company
Oplagsdato: 20 maj 2020
Forfatter(e): Ashoke Mukhopadhyay
Forfatter(e) Ashoke Mukhopadhyay


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ISBN-13 9789389836028


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 304


Udgave


Længde 13mm


Bredde 203mm


Højde 127mm


Udg. Dato 20 maj 2020


Oplagsdato 20 maj 2020


Forlag Aleph Book Company

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