num_pages: 440
description: Originally published in 1956 A River Called Titash is among the most highly acclaimed novels in Bengali literature. A unique combination of folk poetry and ethnography Adwaita Mallabarman's tale of a Malo fishing village at the turn of the century captures the songs speech rituals and rhythms of a once self-sufficient community and culture swept away by natural catastrophe modernization and political conflict.Both historical documents and work of art this lyrical novel provides an intimate view of a community of Hindu fishers and Muslim peasants coexisting peacefully before the violent partition of Bengal between India and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Mallabarman's story documents a way of life that has all but disappeared.
language: Bengali
title: তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম
publisher: পুথিঘর