Book Details

• Editor: Arun Ghosh

• Publisher: Ababhash

• Language: Bengali

• ISBN: 9789380732220

• Pages: 224

• First Edition: December 2012

• Second Print: January 2022

• Format: Paperback

About the Book
This rich anthology brings together essays by some of Bengal’s most influential writers and thinkers on the culture of reading, publishing, and collecting books. It reflects on what books mean—not merely as objects, but as vessels of memory, imagination, and intellectual exchange.

Contributors include luminaries such as Rabindranath Tagore, Pramatha Chowdhury, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Sukumar Ray, Annadashankar Roy, Shankho Ghosh, Sunil Gangopadhyay, and many others. The volume also includes translations of two seminal essays by Arthur Schopenhauer and Jacques Derrida, offering global philosophical perspectives as points of reference.

By weaving together literary reflection and philosophical inquiry, the book provides Bengali readers and writers with invaluable insight into the significance of books in shaping culture and consciousness.

Spanning 224 pages, this paperback is an essential addition for anyone passionate about literature and the world of books.