Abol Tabol : The Nonsense World of Sukumar Roy

Friends trust me if you thought that writing nonsense verse and prose was the exclusive preserve of the likes of Lear and Carrol then its time you start thinking again. More than a century ago one person from Bengal had explored and conquered the strange world of nonsense literature and that world revives in Sampurna Chatterjee’s translation: Abol Tabol – the nonsense world of Sukumar Roy. The Bengali language has never been quite so much a living, breathing creature of whimsy as in Sukumar Ray's hands, and his creations-wild and wicked, dreamy and delirious-have thrilled children and adults alike. Roy’s creative play with words and images earned him the title of the “Master of nonsense” and his magic is recreated amply in Sampurna Chatterjee’s work.