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Untouchable - (Penguin Classics) by Mulk Raj Anand (Paperback)

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  • The powerful story of an Untouchable in India's caste system, now with a new introduction With precision, vitality, and a fury that earned him praise as India's Charles Dickens, Mulk Raj Anand recreates in Untouchable what it was like to live on the fringes of society in pre-independence India.
  • About the Author: Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004) was among the most highly regarded Indian novelists who wrote in English.
  • 176 Pages
  • Fiction, Classics
  • Series Name: Penguin Classics

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The powerful story of an Untouchable in India's caste system, now with a new introduction

With precision, vitality, and a fury that earned him praise as India's Charles Dickens, Mulk Raj Anand recreates in Untouchable what it was like to live on the fringes of society in pre-independence India. Bakha, an attractive, proud, and strong young man, is also an Untouchable, the lowest of the low in India's caste system. A sweeper and a toilet-cleaner, he must warn others on the street of his status so that he will not pollute them with his presence. In this urgent 1935 re-creation of one day in the life of an outcast, a violent encounter leads Bakha to question his fate--and to find an answer in the unlikeliest of places.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.



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Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004) was among the most highly regarded Indian novelists who wrote in English. Born in Peshawar, he lived in England for many years before settling in a village in Western India after World War II.

Ramachandra Guha is the author of a forthcoming two-volume biography of Gandhi and is a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Fiction
Sub-Genre: Classics
Series Title: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
Author: Mulk Raj Anand
Language: English
Street Date: June 24, 2014
TCIN: 16180921
UPC: 9780141393605
Item Number (DPCI): 247-27-3301
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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