Bibor

Bibor is one of Samaresh Basu’s most famous novels, written in a fevered first person voice and dealing frankly with desire, anger, and the loneliness of urban life in mid century Calcutta. Like Prajapati, the book ran into legal trouble for its content.

It is not for every reader. But for anyone interested in how Bengali fiction pushed at its own limits in the sixties, Bibor is essential.