Chronicles of the Lost Daughters

Advance Praise for Chronicles of the Lost Daughters

'An exciting and heart-wrenching novel that brings to life the travails of the dispossessed, especially the women of Bengal in the nineteenth century. This richly depicted, adventure-filled tale of a family torn apart by treachery, greed and kismet sparkles with authentic detail and will surprise you at every turn.' Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author of The Last Queen

'With Chronicles of the Lost Daughters, Debarati Mukhopadhyay has created a roistering saga of love, treachery and loss against the lush imagery of the Bengal countryside and the terror of the ships carrying indentured labourers to Suriname in the 19th century. With her assured, fluid style and brisk pace, Mukhopadhyay keeps the focus firmly on the travails of the women in these stories and the casual violence they face through the child marriages and caste oppression, and simply the pedestrian trauma of being a woman in a man's world. A page-turner right till the end.' Ira Mukhoty, author of Song of Draupadi

Debarati Mukhopadhyay is one of the most popular authors of contemporary Bengali literature. A young government officer by profession, she has written more than twenty bestselling novels including Narach, Dakatraja, Glanirbhabati Bharat, Shikhandi, Ishwar Jakhan Bandi, and Aghore Ghimiye Shiva. Her corporate-world novel Dasgupta Travels was shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Pursakar in 2021. Many of her novels, such as, Narak Sanket, Ranrkahini, and Shikhandi have been adapted for the silver screen. Debarati is a prolific writer and contributes regularly to Bengal's prominent literary magazines and journals. As an officer, bestselling author, travel-enthusiast, amateur violinist and mother to an infant, Debarati is considered a youth icon. She volunteers her time to guide government-job aspirants. A widely recognized public speaker, Debarati can be often found delivering motivational talks at educational seminars, conferences and at the halls of at the halls of spiritual institutions.

Arunava Sinha has translated over seventy books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction from Bengali to English and English to Bengali. His translations have been published in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the UK and the USA, and have won several awards in India, and been finalists for awards in the USA. He is the co-director of the Ashoka Centre for Translation, and an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Ashoka University.