Kolkata, Book City. Readings, Fragments, Images

 

Kolkata, Book City is an entertaining and informative collection of essays on printing, the book trade, reading, libraries - in a city which has a vibrant print culture; 192 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs by Vinayak Das Gupta, published by Textualities.

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CONTENTS

Abhijit Gupta Here Time Must Stand Still

Somak Ghoshal Reading: An Excuse for Unreason 

Sukanta Chaudhuri Banyan Shade to Open Road: The Kolkata Chapbook

Rimi B. Chatterjee The First Rasa (SHORT STORY)

Swapan Chakravorty Kolkata: A City Found in Translation

Aveek Sen Somebody Reading: Three Sketches

Anjum Katyal Seagull: Romancing the Book

Bimalendu Bhattacharya Sarat Book House: A Gem of a Bookshop

Bashabi Fraser Dasgupta: Not a Trade But a Service

Kenny Munro Fragments & Remnants: Scottish Connections

Jennie Renton The Modern Book Depot and the House of Collins

Sria Chatterjee The Oxford Bookstore

Margaret Burnett Here are Books! They’re Alive!

Santanu Sanyal An Itinerant Book-vendor of Kolkata

Sandeep Banerjee Epiphany and Exasperation: The National Library

Aditi Das Gupta Ghosts in the Library