Pather Panchali

Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa

Translated by T.W. Clark earliest edition we have, 1968 HarperCollins India, 1999 paperback 360 pages

UNESCO collection of representative works.

'Pather Panchali' or 'Song of the Road' is a book wonderful beyond words & a must read for children as well as adults. Renowned Bengali author Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay portrays his own childhood days through the life of Apu, the lead character. The book is all about Apu's boyhood, his innocence, his amazement at every unknown flower growing by the country side, his indifference at his family's immense poverty, his...

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This book in English

T.W. Clark 1 printing we hold · 1999 · HarperCollins India

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Editions we hold

Pather Panchali paperback · 1999 · HarperCollins India · 360 pages · 9788172233334
Pather Panchali paperback · 1987 · Lokamaya Press · 336 pages
Pather panchali edition · 1971 · Folio Society · 273 pages · 9780850670431
Pather Panchali hardcover · 1971 · FOLIO SOCIETY
Pather panchali. edition · 1968 · Allen & Unwin · 326 pages
Pather Panchali edition · 1968 · Indiana University Press · 9780253161406
Pather Panchali hardcover · 1968 · Asia Book Corp of Amer · 9789999425353

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