The Trilogy: The Village, Across the Black Waters, The Sword and the Sickle [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2016] - Hardcover

Mulk Raj Anand

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ISBN 10: 8170949653 ISBN 13: 9788170949657

Publisher: Vision Books, 2016

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. . . the finest of his works.' — S. Menon Marath in Life and Letters.The Trilogy is a story of the transformation of a man and a nation on an epic scale. The three novels comprising this trilogy — namely The Village, Across the Black Waters and The Sword and the Sickle — unfold a saga of changing India, from one characterised by oppressive, stagnant life to one where one can dream dreams.Lal Singh, nicknamed Lalu, is a Sikh peasant youth who feels stifled by the endless petty tyrannies of Indian village life, mired in poverty, debt and social rigidity. Rebellious and free-spirited, Lalu flees from an unjust imminent arrest, finding refuge by enlisting in the army in the midst of World War 1.Hastily trained, Lalu's regiment is pitchforked from rustic Punjab into the soul-grinding trench warfare in France. But France also provides Lalu a new window to the life and world of a free people. Upon returning home, Lalu is demob

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