Puffin Classics: Another Dozen Stories (Penguin Classics)

... but i felt i have read about the context before. For example the story about the Professor Hijibijbij was in essence "Island of Dr Moreau".Good for time pass.

Amazing compilation worth collecting.

Page quality is terrible.

Simply fantastic! Satyajit Ray at his best!Wonderful stories, brilliant translation with Ray's original artworks and a great package.Perfect for new age kids and adults to immerse into some timeless tales.

A collection of 12 stories by Satyajit Ray- The life and Death of Aryasekhar, Professor Hijibijbij, Poisonous flowers, The McKenzie Fruit, The First-Class compartment, A Hoax, Worthless, Ramdhan's flute, Master Angshuman, Rocket, A Portrait and Telephone. Translated from Bengali by Indrani Mazumdar, these stories bring alive a magical, bizzare, spooky and sometimes scary bunch of characters. Published on occasion of Satyajit Ray centenary celebrations the stories are a toast to Ray’s literary genius. The illustrations by Ray make it a collector’s item.