The Youth Author:Sunil Gangopadhyay, Sanchayita Chatterjee A translation of the Bengali novel ?Yubok Yubotira?, first published in 1967, The Youth is remarkable for its realistic portrayal of the lives of a group of young men and women, and their strife to find the meaning of their existence. In his foreword to the second edition of this book, the author had written that this was a kind of journal docum... more »enting the lives and times of his friends and, by extension, the youth around him. The confusions and inner turmoil of the characters, captured in vivid detail, are powerfully evocative of a crucial face of life. Despite the fact that this novel was written almost four decades ago the reader will find it easy to identify with the men and women who people its pages.« less