Moon Mountain

The language of Pradeep Sinha’s translation of Moon Mountain is fast-paced and contemporary without compromising in the least either the charm of the old world it narrates or the flavour of the Bengali original.

Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (born 1894) was a renowned Bengali novelist and writer. His literary career began in 1921 with the publication of his first short story Upekshita in Probashi, a prominent Bengali literary magazine of the day. In 1928, the epic Pather Panchali was published and Bibhutibhushan instantly became a household name in the world of Bengali culture and letters. Pather Panchali and its sequel Aparajito were later immortalised in Satyajit Ray’s cinematic rendition of the ‘Apu’ trilogy. His other major works encompass an impressive range of genres and themes.

Pradeep Sinha was born on 28 August, 1942. He graduated with honours in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, and worked in several firms as a marketing executive before joining Orient Blackswan in 1987. Moon Mountain, his translation of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s Chander Pahar, was his first literary project. He died on 2 February, 2001.