[Assam] A Question

[Chan Mahanta]

You are right Rajen-- the author WAS Jogesh Das. Now I remember.

But I never read The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck. I guess that is why 
could not make the connection. I  will have to look up The Good Earth 
synopsis now, if not reads it some day.









At 10:26 AM -0600 12/9/07, Rajen & Ajanta Barua wrote:
>Chandan
>If I remeber, the novel Mati aru Manuh by Jogesh Das (?) may be based on the
>novel Good Earth by Pers Buck, because I rembered the similarity when
>reading the novel.
>Rajen
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>>  WK:
>>
>>  No, it is not How Much Land Does a Man Need -- we knew that story
>>  well from our matriculation syllabus as well.
>>
>>  I remember the title Maati Aaru Manuh well. But I could be mixed up
>>  about the names of the main characters. My very vague recollection is
>>  that the story dealt with pioneering characters in a new or frontier
>>  land.
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>>  At 10:02 AM +0100 12/9/07, W.Saleh wrote:
>>>How Much Land Does a Man Need?
>>>
>>>It is a short story by Leo Tolstoy about a man called Pahom who in his
>>>lust
>>>for land, sacrifices everything, including his own life. Years ago this
>>>short story was included in the English syllabus of our Matriculation
>>>examination.
>>>
>>>I don't know if an Assamese translation "Maati aaru Manuh" refers to the
>>>same story. The name of the main character is different.
>>>
>>>Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2, page 1434 mentions about the
>>>work
>>>of Lila Gogoi including the publication of 1963 - Srimantar Mati aru Manuh
>>>(a study of the life and culture of the tribes of the Arunachal Pradesh).
>>>This is not the book which Chandan means.
>>>
>>>Wahid da
>>>
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>>>Dear Manoj
>>>
>>>    I seem to remember the book and its get up. It had a hard bound, turbid
>>>  in
>>>its colour and had some sort of figure in the cover. I too suspect as you
>>>do
>>>to be that of Tolstoy. My mother seconds me. May be the original title by
>>>Tolstoy was different. Some people told me that they will look up. Has
>>>Chandan Da wagered some where:-)?
>>>
>>>Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>    ok...i am forwarding this mail to shantanu nandan sharma..his
>>>  grandfather
>>>may know..
>>>
>>>tc
>>>
>>>On Dec 8, 2007 8:57 PM, Chan Mahanta wrote:
>>>
>>>>   I am not sure it was Tolstoy Manoj. I looked up Tolstoy's works and
>>>>   did not ring a bell. Must be some other great author.
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>>>>   At 10:03 AM +0530 12/8/07, Manoj Das wrote:
>>>>   >is it by leo tolstoy?
>>>>   >
>>>>   >On Dec 8, 2007 8:54 AM, Chan Mahanta wrote:
>>>>   >
>>>>   >> Way back when I was in Class VI or VII, I read an Assamese
>>>>   >> translation of a novel entitled Maati aaru Manuh. If I am not
>>>>   >> mistaken, the two principal characters in the novel were Isaac and
>>>>   >> Einaar ( or Inaar) or something like that. Has anyone read it? If so
>>>>   >> who wrote the original and who was the translator? I am curious to
>>>>   >> all heck, now that I can't remember the details. BTW, it was a thick
>>>>   >> book.
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