01499nam a22002417a 4500 20250218140301.0 220512b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 8172230370 AL English 23 891.4335 PRET Premchand 200749 Temple and the Mosque New Delhi HarperCollins Publishers India 1992 131 p. PB 20x13 cm. ₹50.00 ₹ ₹50.00 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. Premacanda, 1881-1936--Translations into English 36488 India--Social life and customs--Fiction 36489 PREMCHAND 36490 JALIL (Rakhshanda) Tr 36491 ddc GF 222906 222906 0 0 ddc 0 0 ENG AL AL 2013-03-24 0 820.33 PRET GF02369 2022-05-12 00:00:00 2022-05-12 GF