Words to Win: The Making of Amar Jibabn: A Modern Autobiography

by Tanika Sarkar

The first full-length autobiography in Bengali, Amar Jiban (My Life) was written in the early nineteenth century by an upper-caste rural housewife named Rashundari Debi. Published in 1868 when she was 88 years old, the book is a fascinating snapshot of life for women in the nineteenth century. Debi, who gave birth to eleven children--her first was born when she was 18-years-old, the last when she was forty-one--ruminates on her very...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9381017905
• ISBN13: 9789381017906
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Zubaan Books
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.9"