Saheb Bibi Golam

Saheb Bibi Golam (King, Queen and Knave)
AuthorBimal Mitra
LanguageBengali
GenreNovel
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint (Hardback)

Saheb Bibi Golam is a 1953 Bengali novel written by Bimal Mitra (1912–1991) and is set in Calcutta, India during the last years of the nineteenth century.[1] It was serialised in the Bengali-language literary magazine Desh in November 1952.[2]

The novel tells the story of the sumptuous lifestyle and the decay of a feudal family. It is the story of Pateshwari aka Chhoto Bou, a woman who wants to experience romance, to be a real wife, to invent for herself and live a new kind of conjugality. But the book also tells the story of Calcutta, now Kolkata, and of all the people who lived there.

  1. ^ Das, Sisir Kumar (1991). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788172017989.
  2. ^ Dress Circle. 1983. p. 28. Retrieved 30 July 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)