Prabasi Pakhi

• Author: Sunil Gangopadhyay
• Genre: Novel (Upanyas)
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9788172157968
• Pages: 136
• Weight: 215 grams
• Publisher: Ananda Publishers

About the Book:

After years abroad, Devkanta returns to Kolkata and unexpectedly meets Jhillik, the daughter of his old friend Satyaban. Though not conventionally beautiful, there is an intense fire in her eyes, a dangerous allure that has misled many like a deceptive light in the vast sea.

Jhillik, motherless and deeply wounded, resents her father’s second marriage. Her own marriage has also failed, and she finds herself unable to love men of her own age. Instead, she desires Devkanta—an older, unmarried, foreign-returned man. In a night of temptation, Jhillik seeks physical closeness, but Devkanta restrains himself. Was it his moral values that stopped him? Or was it the fear of an inevitable disaster?

This powerful novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay delves into themes of desire, restraint, and the consequences of forbidden attraction.

About the Author:

• Birth: September 7, 1934, Faridpur, Bangladesh
• Education: M.A. from Calcutta University
• Career:
  • Started with private tutoring
  • Worked as an officer trainee in an insurance company
  • Was part of UNESCO’s Adult Education Program
  • Editor in a now-defunct daily newspaper
• Literary Career:
  • Started as a poet, founding the iconic literary magazine "Krittibas"
  • Gained fame as a novelist, beginning with Atmaprakash, published in Desh magazine
  • First Poetry Collection: Eka Ebong Koyekjon
  • Equally popular among children and adults
• Awards & Honors:
  • Ananda Puraskar
  • Bankim Puraskar (1983)
  • Sahitya Akademi Award (1985)
• Pen Names:
  • Neel Lohit
  • Sanatan Pathak
  • Neel Upadhyay
• Death: October 23, 2012