যন্ত্রণার উত্তরাধিকার – পরিমল ভট্টাচার্য

War, Genocide, Holocaust, Riots … 20th century has seen some of the unspeakable forms of violence and brutality inflicted by man against fellow human beings. Yet, the spirit of man has remained unvanquished. Some of the greatest works of art have been forged out of pain and grief. Words and memories have been used, like weapons, by artists and poets as diverse as Pablo Neruda, Francis Bacon, Lorca, Sartre, Paul Eluard, Luis Bunuel, Urvashi Butalia, Tarkovsky …A selection from their writings.