Pather Panchali: Song of the Road

In the idyllic village of the Abode of Contentment Durga and her little brother Opu grow up in a world of woods orchards and adventure. Nurtured on their aunt's songs and stories they dream of secret magical lands forbidden gardens and the distant railroad. The grown-up world of debts resentment and bone-deep poverty barely touches them. Their parents Shorbojoya and Horihor also dream of the railroad though as the gateway to lands with a better future. But can distance really change destiny? Will the railroad augur a triumphant future for the Roys or a ballad of fates drastically altered?A powerful testament to the indomitable human will to prevail this timeless novel comes alive in an incandescent new translation.