Syed Waliullah, Kando Nadi Kando [Cry, River, Cry]

Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Ed. by Niaz Zaman, Independent University Bangladesh
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1968

Places

Bangladesh (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Syed Waliullah’s Kando Nadi Kando (1968), translated by Osman Jamal as Cry, River, Cry (2015), tells two parallel stories: one of a dying river, Barkal, and the other of Muhammad Mustafa, a young magistrate in charge of administering the small town who commits suicide. There are two narrators: Tabarak Bhuiyan and an unnamed narrator, the cousin of Muhammad Mustafa. Bhuiyan was a booking clerk at the steamer station when Mustafa became a magistrate, and, as such, they do not belong to the same social class. However, when Mustafa falls ill, it is Bhuiyan who nurses him and to whom the magistrate tells the story of the girl who committed suicide.

Bhuiyan’s narrative of the dying river takes …

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Citation: Zaman, Niaz. "Kando Nadi Kando". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2020 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39290, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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