Of Another Time is a novel about the childhood adventures of Emon Barua, Barua, Kansan Konwar, Jai Saikia, Rupa Choudhuri and Puja Barua as they grow up in their neighbourhood in the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra. Set in the heart of India's North-East in the closing decades of the last century at a time when insurgency and terrorism was at its height not only in the North-East but other parts of India. In Of Another Time the contemporary Indian soceity has been shown through the eyes of children and all types of characters appear. The fortunes of some characters ends happily while the fortunes of some ends in tragedy. Both ordinary and extra-ordinary incidents fill the pages of the novel. Murders, bank robberies and other evils of contemporary Indian soceity like oppression of women and dowry are realistically narrated. Of Another Time(2005) is Mr Bhattacharyya's first novel. Mr Bhattacharyya has also published two other novels, Spring Also Comes(2010) and Fading Away.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:9354382630
ISBN13:9789354382635
Release Date:April 2021
Publisher:Pencil (One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd)
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