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''The Bioscope Man'' is the third novel of Indian author Indrajit Hazra.〔See Indrajit Hazra page on Wikipedia French site (page not updated recently) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indrajit_Hazra〕 It is set in Calcutta and stitches early 20th century Indian cultural and cinema history with the farcical story of Abani Chatterjee to conduct a darkly comic investigation of the phenomena of pretending, lying and acting. It was published by Penguin Books India on May 1, 2008,〔See Penguin India's page on ''The Bioscope Man'' http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/bioscope-man〕 and was translated into French the following year by Marc Amfreville. The French translation was entitled ''Le Roi du Cinéma Muet'' and was published by Le Cherche Midi.〔Hazra's author page on his French publisher's website http://www.cherche-midi.com/theme/Le_roi_du_cinema_muet-Indrajit_HAZRA-9782749113906.html〕〔http://loumanolit.canalblog.com/archives/2010/08/31/18730372.html〕 ==Plot summary== ''The Bioscope Man'' is the recollections of Abani Chatterjee, a washed-out silent-era movie actor, who, through this book, makes a bid to convince the reader that misfortune and bad taste of the times conspired to turn him into a non-entity. As Calcutta's star begins to fade, with the capital of His Majesty's India shifting to Delhi, Abani's is on the rise. He is well on his way to becoming the country's first silent-screen star. But just as he is about to find fame and adulation, absurd personal disaster strikes, and Abani becomes a pariah in the world of the bioscope. In a city recently stripped of power and prestige, and in a family house that is in disrepair, he spins himself into a cocoon of solitude and denial, a talent he has inherited from both his parents. In 1920, German director Fritz Lang comes calling to make his 'India film' on the great 18th century English Orientalist Sir William Jones. When Abani is offered a role, he convinces Lang to make a bioscope on Pandit Ramlochan Sharma, Jones' Sanskrit tutor, instead. Naturally, Abani plays the lead. The result is ''The Pandit and the Englishman'', a film that mirrors the vocabulary of Abani's life, hinting at the dangers of pretence and turning away, the virtues of lying and self-deception, the deranging allure of fame and impossible affections. Afterwards, Abani writes a long letter, in which he tells his story. ''The Bioscope Man'' is that story. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bioscope Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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