Untouchable |
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Author:
| Anand, Mulk Raj |
Introduction by:
| Guha, Ramachandra |
Afterword by:
| Forster, E. M. |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-139360-5 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system. It is a system that is even now only slowly changing and was then as cruel and debilitating as that of apartheid. Into this vivid re-creation of one day in the life of Bakha, sweeper and toilet-cleaner, Anand pours a vitality, fire and richness of detail that earn his place as one of the twentieth century's most important Indian writers.
Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system. It is a system that is even now only slowly changing and was then as cruel and debilitating as that of apartheid. Into this vivid re-creation of one day in the life of Bakha, sweeper and toilet-cleaner, Anand pours a vitality, fire and richness of detail that earn his place as one of the twentieth century's most important Indian writers.