Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: The Make-Believe Prince; Toddy-Cat the Bold

by Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore

Sanjay Sircar (Translator)

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'Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance' presents two masterpieces of Bengali literature by Rabindranath Tagore's nephews, Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore. 'The Make-Believe Prince' is the delightful story of a king, his two wives, a trickster monkey, a witch, and a helper from another world who is not a 'fairy godmother'. Abanindranath deploys traditional children's rhymes and paints exquisite word-pictures in his unusual original rendering of a
tale which has its origins in Bengali folktale materials in various genres. 'Toddy-Cat the Bold' sees a group of brave comrades seek help from a young boy to rescue the son of their leader from the Two-Faced Rakshasa of the forest, and has another, more numinous helper. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's
Alice books, it presents a comic, exciting, and mysterious journey quite unlike Carroll's, with many traditional local touches and an unexpected ending.
  • ISBN10 0199486751
  • ISBN13 9780199486755
  • Publish Date 11 October 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country IN
  • Imprint OUP India
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 372
  • Language English