About the BookMan is born free; or in undefeatable entrapment?;The Prisoner raises profoundly evocative questions about the ideas of human identity, it’s place in the society and its many constructs. Written by critically acclaimed Bengali writer, Tilottama Majumder, this book leads the reader into pondering about the blindness of justice and the essence of absolute liberation. Now available for the global anglophone in Adrija Ghosh’s translation this book is certain to make a mark. From the Back Cover‘The Prisoner’ has been incarcerated for murder. He strikes a kinship with the Sentinel at the Southern Wall, both being ensnared by the suffocating embrace of their individual confines. Together this enigmatic ally traverses the depths of societal constructs and liberation, of loyalty and longing. The search intertwines with the struggle against the fetters of order and justice. The exploration of a world fraught with moral ambiguity, the obfuscation of boundaries between service and betrayal, and the quest for freedom blended with the quest for love, challenge readers to meditate into the layers of duty, justice, and emancipation.