It Rained All Night

Buddhadeva Bose was one of the most versatile Bengali writers of the twentieth century. His works include the novels Tithidore and Moner Moto Meye, the collections of poems Damoyanti and Morche Pora Pereker Gan and the short story collection Bhashao Amar Bhela. Bose received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967 for his verse play Tapaswi o Tarangini, was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1970 and posthumously received the Rabindra Puraskar in 1974 for Swagato Biday.

Clinton B. Seely is a prominent scholar of the Bengali language and literature. He has written a biography of the Bengali poet Jibanananda Das and has translated Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s Meghnadbadh Kavya into English. He has received the ‘Ashoke Kumar Sarkar Memorial’ Ananda Prize in 1993 and the Dinesh Chandra Sen Research Society’s ‘4th Annual Award for Excellence in Research in Bengali Literature’ in 1999.

‘It’s over—it happened—there’s nothing more to say. I, Maloti Mukherji, someone’s wife, and someone’s mother—I did it. Did it with Jayanto. Jayanto wanted me, and I him … How did it happen? Easy. In fact I don’t know why it didn’t happen before—I’m surprised at my self-restraint, at Jayanto’s patience.’

Banned when it was first published in the Bengali in 1967 on charges of obscenity, It Rained All Night went on to become a best-seller.

Maloti, an attractive middle-class Bengali girl, marries the bookish college lecturer Nayonangshu only to find him insecure, sexually timid and unable to satisfy her. She discovers passion in the arms of the confident, earthy journalist Jayanto whose love provides her solace from the demands of her wifely duties. Maloti and Jayanto’s growing intimacy does not go unnoticed by Nayonangshu, but his pride restrains him from reaching out to his wife.

Bold, explicit and shockingly candid, It Rained All Night is an unforgettable tale of desire, adultery, jealousy and love.

ISBN: 9780143067511
Published by: Penguin Books India
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