The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali author; he writes stories, novellas, and novels for audiences of different ages, and his works often become the basis for films. “The Aunt Who Doesn’t Die” tells the stories of three women from different generations set against vivid Indian realities. With effortless ease, the author narrates how an entire family takes shape through key episodes in the lives of Pushima, Lata, and Boshon, who live in provincial Bengal. They marry, fall in love, build a business, have children, and become widows. Each generation brings something new, but at the same time something completely understandable and familiar to the others. Rich with exotic details of an unfamiliar way of life, charming and cheerful—this novel will make you smile more than once. “A rare book proves just as convincingly the thesis that each of us is the smith of our own happiness. A concise, yet surprisingly life-affirming novel about an Indian family in which, despite problems, everything will certainly be all right.” – Sergey Vereskov.