Name: Secret Desires — Short Story Collection on Human Desires
Brand: Virasat
SKU: 11479
Availability: InStock

Translated by Saheli Mitra

Genre : Fiction
Binding : Hardbound
Pages : 326 pages
Published : 28 January 2025
ISBN: 978-93-93063-38-0
Published by: Virasat Art Publications

Originally written in Bengali, these 50 short stories have been translated in English to reach a bigger audience as the protagonists of each tale is relatable to modern and real life.

Readers will be able to identify themselves with some of the characters. When Biplab Ghosh started writing short stories, he received a lot of encouragement from stalwarts like Sunil Gangopadhyay and his stories were published in different dailies.

These stories reflect the complexities of human mind and relationships, as we traverse the tapestry of urban life. Some are true, some are fiction, yet they are so real. Like Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence, Biplab Ghosh’s Secret Desires will challenge the reader to think deep, to identify if the protagonist is he or she themselves, or someone they know of, they will constantly try to relate to the characters.

Desires are always hidden deep, we hardly ever express them, some are dark, some are clear. Desires are secrets too that go along with us to the grave at times, yet they run and rule our lives. The book will indeed make the readers think! Think again of their own secrets.

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Biplab Ghosh

About the Author

Biplab Ghosh is a multi-award winning, well-known poet and author who has several best selling Bengali books to his credit. MY LIFE MY WAY is his first English book written in an autobiographical format about his chequered life, marked at every step by love and loss.

He started his life as managing director of a pharmaceutical company and then took up his pen to take to readers various experiences he encountered on his journey — be it the women who came at various junctures, real life stories of people, losing his only son Sunny to a drowning accident at Bakkhali Sea in front of his eyes, death of his elder daughter in 2020 to an incurable disease. Ghosh has faced it all. Yet he knew life must move on and penned several inspirational stories and poetry books like Chhinna Patar Shajai Toroni, Tobu Mone Rekho, Jol Diye Lekha, that received rave reviews in international journals and was hugely appreciated by readers.

Winner of prestigious Utsav Award USA in 2004, Sudhindranath Dutta Memorial Award and Janmadin Award, Biplab Ghosh today lives with his wife and younger daughter in Kolkata and runs a school in memory of his son Sunny.

Live life kingsize, do not let anything trample you down!
That's Biplab Ghosh's motto.