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A review by magaramach
देबदास Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
4.0
B-: my friends, when you decide you want to read one of the finest hallmarks of 20th century Indian literature, do not borrow the ebook in your public library. Especially if it has a cover that wouldn’t be out of place on Wattpad and the translator won’t credit themselves anywhere on the blurb. Seriously, this translation sucked ASS.
I can’t even found out who did it so I can roast them properly because the epub literally doesn’t say. Even the translator is ashamed that they took a story as fantastic as Devdas and made it shitty.
Like... where was the lyricism of the prose?? The real twisting of the knife in the tragedy of their lives?? Where was Chandramukhi’s and Paro’s internality?? (Unfortunately I don’t even know if I should be blaming Chatterjee or the translator for this.)
It’s a testament to the sheer power of this story that I was able to find it engaging and relevant even still. My prior experience with this story had been the SLB movie, which has stunning cinematography going for it depending on your opinion of the plot, so I think that disappointed me.
I can’t even found out who did it so I can roast them properly because the epub literally doesn’t say. Even the translator is ashamed that they took a story as fantastic as Devdas and made it shitty.
Like... where was the lyricism of the prose?? The real twisting of the knife in the tragedy of their lives?? Where was Chandramukhi’s and Paro’s internality?? (Unfortunately I don’t even know if I should be blaming Chatterjee or the translator for this.)
It’s a testament to the sheer power of this story that I was able to find it engaging and relevant even still. My prior experience with this story had been the SLB movie, which has stunning cinematography going for it depending on your opinion of the plot, so I think that disappointed me.