An author-par-excellence, Samares Mazumdar has an enviably large repertoire of stories to his name. In this first volume of Golpo Samagra, renowned archivist and editor Baridbaran Ghosh has compiled 49 stories of the legendary author starting from the very first story he ever wrote ‘Porichito Drishyer Podaboli’. Chronologically listed, the stories depict the passage of time and evolution in narratives, settings along with the rise of a formidable author. A must-keep book in Bengali literature that will transcend through generations of readers.