![]() ![]() ![]() Stamba used to be a publishing house, the first communist newspaper in Georgia was published there. How I started reading “ Public Library and Other Stories” is unusual, I teach English and I used to meet one of my students at Stamba Hotel in Tbilisi, where the interior is decorated with laden bookshelves. My first paid job, aged 16, was working Saturdays in the local public library, Slough Public Library, a building seen in the opening sequence of “The Office” sitcom/ mockumentary. The important thing about the notion of a public library now is that it’s the one place you can just turn up to, a free space, a democratic space where anyone can go and be there with other people, and you don’t need money – ![]()
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In addition to the Srikanta-Rajlakshmi love affair, the stories of Indranath and Annadadidi in the first part, of Abhaya in the second part, Brajananda and Sunanda in the third part and of Gahar and Kamal Lata in the final part portray the varied human relationship that exists in society. But the main storyline, the love between Srikanta and Rajlakshmi, remains dominant all through. The novel features its central character Srikanta, in varied locales, and also introduces us to a number of other unique characters. The couple ultimately settles down in a relationship not recognised by society, yet manage to live a fairly respectable existence. Srikanta (Akhanda) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Additional Information Reviews Related products Upanyas Samagra Vol-6 Sunil Gangopadhyay Kheror Khata. 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