Aranyak

Aranyak
Aranyak
AuthorBibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
LanguageBengali
GenreNovel
PublisherMitra & Ghosh Publishers Pvt. Ltd (Presently)
Publication date
May 1976
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages168
ISBN81-7293-120-4

Aranyak (Bengali: আরণ্যক [aɾonːok], literally "forest-grown, of the forest") composed between 1937 and 1939 and published in 1939, is a Bengali-language novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, based on his years in northern Bihar, mainly in the districts of Purnea and Bhagalpur. The novel explores the journey of its protagonist Satyacharan through the contrasting landscapes of the jungle and the city.