| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 01-430-6210-7 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0143062103 |
| No of pages | 262 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Penguin India |
| Published Date | 07 Jul 2006 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 01-430-6210-7 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0143062103 |
| No of pages | 262 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Penguin India |
| Published Date | 07 Jul 2006 |
Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004) was born in Peshawar and educated at the universities of Punjab and London.
After earning his PhD in Philosophy in 1929, he began writing notes for T.S. Eliot's magazine Criterion as well as books on diverse subjects such as cooking and the arts.
Recognition came with the publication of his first two novels, Untouchable (1935) and Coolie (1936). These were followed by the well-known trilogy The Village (1939), Across the Back Waters (1940) and The Sword and the Sickle (1942).
By the time he returned to India in 1946, he was the best-known Indian writer abroad. Making Bombay his home and center of activity, Anand plunged completely into the cultural and social life of India.
He founded and edited the fine art magazine Marg and worked tirelessly on his monumental autobiographical fiction The Seven Ages of Man.
Recipient of several honorary doctorates and other distinctions, he spent his last years at his retreat in Kandla, where he had opened a small dispensary for the poor.
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Mulk Raj Anand (1905 “2004) had one lament he often voiced to his friends and literary critics “that his short stories were not paid enough attention. This volume brings together some of the best and most memorable stories from Anand's published collections, each of them illustrating a different mood and tone. In his half-humorous and half-ironic way, Anand draws our attention to the plight of the marginalized, the poor and the illiterate, and penetrates their innermost feelings and emotions.
Straightforward, unpretentious and expertly crafted, these unforgettable vignettes of life in twentieth-century India are sure to haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Mr. Anand is not a mere storyteller, he is a poet as well. There runs a fine poetic streak through his stories Alfred Perles in Life and Letters