The Temple & the Mosque: Stories - Softcover

Rakhshanda Jalil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9350291525 ISBN 13: 9789350291528

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India, 2011

Synopsis

Premchand's fiction has been translated before, but seldom did these translations reveal the many facets of his literary genius, nor did they show the wide variety of 'types' he was capable of portraying. For, Premchand wrote not only about villains and martyrs, poverty, rigid social order or caste disparities. His world, seemingly black and white though it is, is also lit by flashes of wit and humour, gentle irony and a persistent social commentary. While Premchand's favourite characters bhang-drinking pandits, miserable sweepers and arrogant Thakurs do eature in this collection, this is perhaps the first time that the English reader will be introduced to his 'other' world a world of unbelievably good men, lovesick young girls, and a penniless braggart's self-delusion.

About this title

About the Author:

Premchand (1880 1936) is regarded as among the finest of writers in Hindi and Urdu. His first collection of stories, Soz-e-Watan (1908), was banned for being incendiary and seditious. Undaunted, he kept writing stories that expressed the pain and suffering of the toiling masses. Some of his best writings portray the influence of Gandhi and the Russian revolution in his choice of subjects: widow remarriage, dowry, untouchability, the rich poor divide, the problems of landless labour, and the inequalities of the caste system.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9350291525
• ISBN 13: 9789350291528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208