Nirbachita Rahasya Romancho by Ranjit Chattopadhyay [Hardcover]

"Similar to the compilation of a hundred years of detective stories like ‘Goenda Ar Goenda’, the anthology ‘Nirbachita Bhuter Golpo’ features an extraordinary collection of spine-chilling ghost stories selected over a hundred years. The third anthology being presented to readers is ‘Nirbachita Rahasya Romancho’. The uniqueness of this collection lies in its preparation, presenting a completely different world of crime stories distinct from ghosts and detectives.

People commit crimes out of necessity, and the nature of these crimes changes with the evolving social circumstances over time. This changing scenario is so extensive that it is impractical to capture its complete essence in a single volume. Hence, we have to be content with fragments. However, even in those fragments, we get such a varied taste that the entire dark aspect of this vast world called Earth becomes vividly illuminated.

The twisted journey of humans driven by the six enemies (lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride, and jealousy) up the dark stairs has continued for ages and will continue till the end of creation. We find numerous pieces of this in ancient inscriptions, modern history, and contemporary literature. This compilation brings together some of those stories, never experienced before, from a hundred years of literary fiction.

These stories are enriched by the timeless authors of Bengali literature, from Trailokyanath, Sarat Chandra, Parashuram, Tarashankar, Bibhutibhushan, Sharadindu, Manik Bandopadhyay to Premendra Mitra, Probodh Sanyal, Subodh Ghosh, Narayan Gangopadhyay. Even after that, there are great writers of this era like Satyajit Ray, Bimal Kar, Ramapada Chowdhury, and Samaresh Basu. Sunil Gangopadhyay, Moti Nandi, Samaresh Majumdar, and many other notable and popular writers.

This anthology, ‘Nirbachita Rahasya Romancho’, is a treasure trove of special-tasting stories about the world of crime, which has become an eternal asset of Bengali literature today. Bringing together this asset and presenting it to curious readers of mysteries gives us great pride. Edited by the legendary editor of a magazine focused on mystery and adventure, Shri Ranjit Chattopadhyay, who has been nurtured in a literary environment since childhood, this book gives importance to both the diversity of mystery and its literary value. As a result, we firmly believe that ‘Nirbachita Rahasya Romanch’ will appeal to readers of all kinds.

In the true continuity of writers and their writings, the seamless introduction to the literary evolution over a century gives this anthology a unique and successful universal appeal. Recently, there was a significant lack of a diverse and complete anthology of this kind in this country. Editor Shri Ranjit Chattopadhyay has undoubtedly earned the gratitude of Bengali readers by filling this gap. Not only for reading but also as a gift and for personal collection, ‘Nirbachita Rahasya Romanch’ deserves to be admired as an unparalleled, impeccable, and indispensable book."

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