Proud of her intelligence, maitreyi devis father had provided her with a fine and, for that time, remarkably liberal education and encouraged his. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 1933, and was written by mircea eliade. The revealing diaries of five women from the gospels by frank viola. Read together with eliades bengal nights, devi s romance is a powerful study of what happens when the oppositions between innocence and experience, enchantment and disillusion, and cultural difference and colonial arrogance collide. Precocious, a poet, a philosophers daughter, maitreyi devi was. She is mentioned in the brihadaranyaka upanishad as one of two wives of the vedic sage yajnavalkya. Maitreyi devi has 11 books on goodreads with 4255 ratings. Given the cultural constraints, maitreyi devi denied claims of a sexual affair between her and eliade during the latters sojourn in. It changes your views on life, intimacy and everything, really. Each page is the union of poetry and prose, past and present, mortality and immortality, and shame and acceptance at life and love. More than forty years passed before devi read bengal. The writer received sahitya akademi award for this novel in 1976.
She wrote in despairing terms, look at the prank fate has. A romance new edition by devi, maitreyi, devi, maitreyi isbn. Two thousand years ago, jesus christ met facetoface with peo. Pdf maitreyi book by mircea eliade free download 200 pages. Free download or read online maitreyi pdf epub book. It tells of the painful romance, of the life she lived after it and of her pilgrimage to confront the past over a bookstrewn library table. Precocious, a poet, a philosophers daughter, maitreyi devi was sixteen years old in. Only what we could carry book summary lawson fusao inada. Maitreyi devi is especially poignant when she discusses her recollections of young love over the years and when she considers her former loves refusal to even respond to her inquiries. Among the current bengali authors who is your favourite. In this book eliade claimed sexual affair between them. More than forty years passed before devi read bengal nights, the novel eliade had fashioned out of their encounter, only to find small details and phrases, even her given name, bringing back episodes and feelings she had spent decades trying to forget. The book was published in multiple languages including romanian, consists of 200 pages and is available in paperback format. Read together with eliades bengal nights, devis romance is a powerful study of what happens when the oppositions between innocence and experience, enchantment and disillusion, and cultural difference and colonial arrogance collide.
Precocious, a poet, a philosophers daughter, maitreyi devi was six. The characterisation of heroes and heroines is so typical that i just want it to get over as soon as it starts. Maitreyi devi books list of books by author maitreyi devi thriftbooks. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. This is a wonderful novel on young love and its aftermath. Precocious, a poet, a philosophers daughter, maitreyi devi was sixteen years old in 1930 when. In part a counter to eliades fantasies, the book is also a moving account of a first love fraught with cultural tensions, of false starts and lasting regrets. For the sensual, tragic maitreyi from eliades novel reveals herself as a woman with her feet down to earth and a lot of common sense.
Devi was not aware of the book and the name of main character being maitreyi while eliads name was changed to allan. Frank viola and mary demuth have written a fascinating and insightful book about five women from the gospels. Maitreyi devis father came to know about the book during his 193839 europe tour and. Which is the best romantic novel by an indian author. This is not simply a companion piece to mircea eliades maitreyi. Jan 27, 2019 maitreyi is entirely, dragostea nu moaremaitreyi devi open about her dragostea nu moaremaitreyi devi. In part a counter to eliades fantasies, the book is also. Maitreyi devi was sixteen years old in 1930, the year mircea eliade, then twentythree, came to calcutta to study with her father. Here a bornpoet is at the height of her powers and maturity and yet is still that vulnerable, joyful sixteenyearold girl.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Na hanyate by maitreyee devi pdf bangla most popular. Na hanyate by maitreyee devi is a popular bengali book which is written by maitreyee devi and another popular novel of the author. The main characters of this romance, cultural story are. Given the cultural constraints, maitreyi devi denied claims of a sexual affair between her and eliade during the latters sojourn in british india.
The first edition of the novel was published in 1974, and was written by maitreyi devi. It still is one of the finest bengali novels i have read to date. Maitreyi is entirely, dragostea nu moaremaitreyi devi open about her dragostea nu moaremaitreyi devi. Devis is just a bitter little backward girls footstomping response. Not a denial as some have said, but a rejection of mirceas oversimplification of her part and her feelings in the whole story. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the maitreyi, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country.
Her other publications include four volumes of poetry, eight works on tagore,and numerous books on travel, philosophy, and social reform. Its an argument, a confirmation, and a celebration of the young love featured in both books. Samaresh majumdar i dont see any real competition here. Maitreyi devi wrote na hanyate, which can be purchased at a lower price at. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to all books. A romance, maitreyi devi is published by university of chicago press. A romance by maitreyi devi precocious, a poet, a philosophers daughter, maitreyi devi was sixteen years old in 1930 when mircea eliade came to calcutta to study with her father. The copies on the back of the two paperback editions read thus.
I found it interesting that these major chicago publications did not appear while eliade was still alive. I have read my share of indian romantic novels and the thing is that i find them quite bland. In this essay, i will use the english titles to refer to the two novels. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Set in 1930s calcutta, this semiautobiographical novel by the worldrenowned scholar mircea eliade details the. Mircea wrote a very transparent novel called bengal nights. It truly is a breathtaking book and it will leave you speechless.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The first novel by him that i have read was aat kuthuri noy dorja. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 264 pages and is available in paperback format. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Click download or read online button to get a walk to remember epub download book now. A walk to remember epub download download ebook pdf. The main characters of this european literature, romanian literature story are allan. The main characters of this european literature, romanian literature story are allan, maitreyi devi. The concept was beautiful, the story was well written. A romance, was written as a response to bengal nights, and maitreyi devi described the romance and the cultural tensions resulted from it. This very thing drives amrita to find her unrequited love after a very long period.