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BIBLIOGRAPHY
I read many books about India’s history (in English) in preparation for writing this novel. I’ve listed most of them below along with the chapters where they appear. Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry has appeared in many collections and anthologies and on many websites. I’ve used the most widely known titles, English and Bengali (if available to me) and the year of original Bengali publication and the name of that publication if I could locate it. Other important books that I used in research, but did not directly quote from, are listed as well.
Book I: Tagore, Rabindranath. “Golden Boat,” 1894.
Chapter 1: Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Flower Says,” Chandalika, 1938.
Chapter 2: Tagore, Rabindranath. “Sea Waves,” 1887.
Chapters 3 and 10, and Book III: Denning, Margaret Beahm. Mosaics from India: Talks About India, Its Peoples, Religions and Customs. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1902.
Book II: Tagore, Rabindranath. “Two Birds,” 1894. One Hundred and One: Poems. Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1966.
Chapter 4: Yule, Henry and A. C. Burnell. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive. London: 1886.
Chapter 7: Carey, William. A Dictionary of the Bengalee Language, 1825.
Chapter 8: Tagore, Rabindranath. “Number 18,” 1937. One Hundred and One: Poems. Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1966.
Chapter 9: Tagore, Rabindranath. “The Night Express,” 1940. One Hundred and One: Poems. Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1966.
Chapter 11: Tagore, Rabindranath. “Urvashi,” 1895. One Hundred and One: Poems. Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1966.
Chapters 12, 39, 42, and 46: Tagore, Rabindranath. The Home and the World. Macmillan, 1919. Originally published in Bengali as Ghare Baire in 1915.
Chapter 18: Travel in India, or City, Shrine and Sea-Beach: Antiquities, Health Resorts and Places of Interest on the Bengal-Nagpur Railway. Times Press, 1916.
Chapter 31: Godden, Rumer. Bengal Journey: A Story of the Part Played by the Women in the Province, 1939–1945. Longmans, Green Ltd., 1945.
Chapter 37: Porter, Cole, and Robert Fletcher. “Don’t Fence Me In,” originally written for the unproduced film Adiós, Argentina in 1934.
Chapter 44: Tagore, Rabindranath. “Rahu’s Love,” 1884. One Hundred and One: Poems. Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1966.
Additional Bibliography
Banerjee, Bibhutibhusan. Pather Panchali (Song of the Road), originally published by Ranjan Prakashalay in Bengali in 1929, translated by Indiana University Press, 1968.
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Bose, Subhas Chandra. Netaji Speaks: A Collection of Speeches and Writings, Vol. 1. Calcutta: Jayashree Prakashan, 1973.
Bose, Subhas Chandra. Selected Speeches of Subhas Chandra Bose. New Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1962.
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Chaudhuri, Nirad C. The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian. London: MacMillan Publishers Ltd., 1951.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Massey, Sujata.
The sleeping dictionary / Sujata Massey.—First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
pages cm
1. Young women—Fiction. 2. Passive resistance—India—Fiction. 3. India—Politics and government—1919–1947—Fiction. 4. India—Social life and customs—20th century—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3563.A79965S54 2013
813’.54—dc23
2012042498
ISBN 978-1-4767-0316-9
ISBN 978-1-4767-0325-1 (ebook)
CONTENTS
Cast of Characters
Fragment of a Letter Found by the Arjun Cleaning Agency in 1947 at 22 Middleton Street
Book One: Johlpur
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Book Two: Midnapore
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Book Three: Midnapore
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Book Four: Calcutta
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
A Taste of Old Calcutta
Perfect Rice (Bhatt)
Mustard Shrimp (Chingri Bhapey)
Independence Trifle
Readers Group Guide
Introduction
Discussion Questions
Enhance Your Book Group
A Conversation with Sujata Massey
Acknowledgments
About Sujata Massey
Bibliography