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Arunava Sinha

Author of The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told

14+ Works 118 Members 1 Review

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Works by Arunava Sinha

The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told (2016) 37 copies

The Book of Dhaka: A City in Short Fiction (2016) — Editor; Editor — 20 copies

Khwabnama (2021) 19 copies

The Love Letters and Other Stories (2014) 9 copies

The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told (2023) 9 copies

The Moving Shadow: Electrifying Bengali Pulp Fiction (2018) 8 copies

There’s Gunpowder in the Air 4 copies, 1 review

There Was No One at the Bus Stop (2010) 3 copies

I Remember Abbu 3 copies

Modern Bengali poetry : desire for fire (2021) 2 copies

The Master and I (Soumitra on Satyajit) (2014) 1 copy

Rabindranath Tagore (2014) 1 copy

Two Magicians by Satyajit Ray 1 copy

Writing Places: Texts, Rhythms, Images (2020) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die (1993) — Translator, some editions — 108 copies, 8 reviews

Found In Translation (2018) — Translator, some editions — 59 copies

Panty (2014) — Translator, some editions — 44 copies, 1 review

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction (2019) — Translator — 40 copies

Abandon (2013) — Translator, some editions — 26 copies

A Ballad of Remittent Fever (2020) — Translator, some editions — 11 copies

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Volume 2 (2021) — Contributor — 9 copies

The Yogini (2019) — Translator, some editions — 8 copies

Rabindranath Tagore for the 21st Century Reader: Selected Fiction, Poetry and Drama (2014) — Translator — 7 copies

What Really Happened : Stories (2010) — Translator, some editions — 5 copies

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Gender: male
Nationality: India
Associated Place (for map): India

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Akankshadsh 34 reviews

There’s Gunpowder in the Air by Arunava Sinha

This was so raw. So different.

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Books Read in 2025 (1)

Not the NYT list of top 100 21st century books (1)

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Best holiday reads 2017, picked by writers

The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told (Philip Hensher)

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Rabindranath Tagore

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Mohammad Shafiqul Islam Translator

Syeda Nur-E-Royhan Translator

Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman Translator

David Eckersall Cover artist

Mohammad Mahmadul Haque Translator

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Works: 14
Also by: 10
Members: 118
Popularity: #167,489
Rating: ½ 3.4

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 14
Languages: 1

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