Swayang Professor Shanku by Satyajit Ray [Hardcover]

An extraordinary creation of Satyajit Ray is the character of the world-renowned scientist, Professor Trilokeswar Shanku. The collection Swayang Professor Shonku (Professor Shonku Himself) brings together three thrilling new adventures of Professor Shanku. Although each story is completely unique in its experience, they all share the same scientific foundation and maintain suspense and excitement from start to finish.

The book includes the gripping story The Mystery of Manro Island, where a ruthless pirate, contemporary to Shakespeare, discovers a strange secret on Manro Island, and how Professor Shonku uncovers this mystery. There's also a breathtaking account of the mechanical brain Kompu and its astonishing activities. Another tale features the daring expedition of a one-horned animal from the era of Mohenjo-Daro. Archaeologists had excavated square seals made of clay and ivory from Mohenjo-Daro, dating back four thousand years, and one of the seals depicted an animal with a body resembling a bull but with a single twisted horn. This story reveals how Professor Shanku proved that this wasn't just a wild imagination.

The book's unique appeal is enhanced by numerous illustrations and an exceptional cover, all drawn by Satyajit Ray himself.