One And so, the isle rose above the water, says Dhanapati, The rivers merged into the sea around it. Six and a half leagues away from Ghoradal, at the estuary of the Bay of Bengal, the island of Dh...

Mitra’s novels like Dhanapatir Char (Penguin Books is publishing a translation soon), Momenshahi Upakhyan or Ashwacharita often come to be associated with magic realism. But the author says it&r...