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092    |fF|aMUKHOPAD 
100 1  Mukhopadhyay, Sirshendu,|d1935-|eauthor. 
245 14 The aunt who wouldn't die :|ba novel /|cShirshendu 
       Mukhopadhyay ; translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha. 
246 3  Aunt who would not die 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bHarperVia, an imprint of 
       HarperCollinsPublishers,|c2020. 
300    146 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "A laugh-out-loud, tug-at-your-heartstrings tale of love, 
       family, and freedom centered around three generations of 
       Bengali women. Somlata has just married into the dynastic 
       but declining Mitra family. At eighteen, she expects to 
       settle into her role as a devout wife in this traditional,
       multi-generational family. But then Somlata, wandering the
       halls of the grand, decaying Mitra mansion, stumbles upon 
       the body of her great aunt-in-law, Pishima. A child bride 
       widowed at twelve, Pishima has finally passed away at the 
       ripe old age of seventy. But she isn't letting go just 
       yet. Pishima has long harbored a grudge against the Mitras
       for keeping her in perpetual widowhood, never allowed to 
       fall in love.. Now, her ghost intends to meddle in their 
       lives, making as much mischief as possible. Pishima gives 
       Somlata the keys to her mysterious box of gold to keep it 
       out of the Mitras' hands. However, the selfless Somlata, 
       witnessing her new family waste away their wealth to the 
       brink of bankruptcy, has her own ideas. Boshon is a book-
       loving, scooter-riding, rebellious teenager who wants 
       nothing to do with the many suitors that ask for her hand.
       She yearns for freedom and wants to go to college. But 
       when her poor neighbor returns from America she finds 
       herself falling in love. Perhaps Pishima's yearning spirit
       lives on in her own her heart? The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die 
       is a frenetic, funny, and fresh novel about three 
       generations of Mitra women who are surprising at every 
       turn and defy all expectations. They may be guarding a box
       of gold, but they are the true treasures in this gem of a 
       novel"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Women, Bengali|vFiction. 
655  7 Domestic fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Ghost stories.|2gsafd 
700 1  Sinha, Arunava,|etranslator. 
730 0  Goynar baksho.|lEnglish. 
775 08 |iReproduction of (manifestation):|aMukhopadhyay, 
       Shirshendu, 1935-|tAunt who would not die|dNew Delhi : Bee
       Books, 2017|z9789380925639