Pather Panchali (novel)

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Pather Panchali
Author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
Original title পথের পাঁচালী
Country India
Language Bengali
Genre(s) Bildungsroman, tragedy, family drama
Publisher Ranjan Prakashalay, BY 1336,
Publication date BY 1336, CE 1929
Followed by Aparajito

Pather Panchali (Bengali পথের পাঁচালী, Pôther Pãchali, translated as Song of the Road[1]) is a novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and was later made in to a film of the same name by Satyajit Ray. Pather Panchali deals with the life of the Roy family, both in their ancestral village in rural Bengal and later when they move to Varanasi in search of a better life, as well as the anguish and loss they face during their travels.

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  1. ^ Pather Panchali, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-565709-8
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