{"product_id":"panchali-the-game-of-dice-paperback","title":"Panchali: The Game of Dice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSibaji Bandopadhyay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSankha Banerjee\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating illustrated rendition of the all-consuming Mahabharata ... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectacular show of words and images dealing with love and death, loyalty and duplicity, conflict and concord, and much more ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Impelled by elemental forces of death, destruction and creation, \u003ci\u003ePanchali\u003c\/i\u003e, with electrifying visuals cinematically construed, reaches its climax: two consecutive games of dice. Marred by deceit, treachery and trickery, and fuelled by obsession, passion and rage, the gambling episode provides the preface to the coming, all-consuming Mahabharata war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSibaji Bandopadhyay (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSibaji Bandyopadhyay\u003c\/b\u003e writes poetry, plays, stories, novels, film-scripts in Bengali, and essays in Bengali and English. Some of his recent books include \u003ci\u003eThree Essays on the\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMahabharata: Exercises in Literary Hermeneutics\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSibaji Bandyopadhyay Rachanasamagra\u003c\/i\u003e [Complete Works], volumes 1 and 2; \u003ci\u003eSibaji Bandyopadhyay Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of The Government of West Bengal 'Vidyasagar Memorial Award' 2010 for life-time-achievement in the sphere of Bengali prose, 'Sisir Kumar Das Memorial Award' 2010 for contributions to Bengali literature, 'Buddhadeva Bose Memorial Award' 2016 for contributions to the arena of Bengali and English essays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sibaji was formerly professor of Cultural Studies, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC) and professor of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSankha Banerjee (Illustrator) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSankha Banerjee\u003c\/b\u003e practises graphic narrations, illustrations, installations, on themes like ancient tales, sexuality, pluralism and existence. His works have been collected and exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France, Chateau D'if, France; Mangasia - Largest exhibition on Asian comics, Italy; and India International Centre, Delhi, among others. He has participated at Lyon BD festival, France in 2018. His illustrated graphic novel 'Nelson Mandela', translated in many languages, has received the Best Graphic Novel Award at Comic-con, New Delhi. Sankha is also an assistant professor at department of Multimedia and Animation, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766067331360,"sku":"9780143427810","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fc0d1cb8dd92c8ceb0b18bcdf1557610.webp?v=1780284801","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/panchali-the-game-of-dice-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}