The Runaway Boy

The Runaway Boy

Manoranjan Byapari

Translated by V Ramaswamy

The first of a planned semi-autobiographical trilogy, this novel opens in East Pakistan. It then focusses on the life of a Dalit family that arrives a refugee camp in West Bengal and the experiences of their son Jibon, who runs away to Kolkata to try and find work.

Eka, Westland, Rs 599, 370 pages