It Rained All Night

Its overit happenedtheres nothing more to say. I Maloti Mukherji someones wife and someones motherI did it. Did it with Jayanto. Jayanto wanted me and I him How did it happen? Easy. In fact I dont know why it didnt happen beforeIm surprised at my self-restraint at Jayantos patience. Banned when it was first published in the Bengali in 1967 on charges of obscenity It Rained All Night went on to become a best-seller. Maloti an attractive middle-class Bengali girl marries the bookish college lecturer Nayonangshu only to find him insecure sexually timid and unable to satisfy her. She discovers passion in the arms of the confident earthy journalist Jayanto whose love provides her solace from the demands of her wifely duties. Maloti and Jayantos growing intimacy does not go unnoticed by Nayonangshu but his pride restrains him from reaching out to his wife. Bold explicit and shockingly candid It Rained All Night is an unforgettable tale of desire adultery jealousy and love.