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The Hungryalists : Book Review
Souradeep Roy reviews The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution by Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury; Penguin India; Pages 187; Price: Rs 599 The Hungryalists by Maitreyee Bhattcharjee Chowdhury is the first book in English on a generation of writers in the 1960s who called themselves the Hungryalists. They self-proclaimed themselves to be “anti-establishment”writers and wrote mostly in Bengali Some of their publications, which were bulletins, were also published in English and Hindi. In the “Epilogue”, Bhattacharjee acknowledges that the Hungry Generation never made a comeback in Bengali literature, but “recent years have seen a better understanding of the movement.” While interest in the poets has certainly piqued in recent years -- and this book is certainly a result of that--, readers will be left with more questions than answers after reading the book. One reason for the recent interest in the Hungralist is a renewed interest in the Beat Generat...
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