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Description for Karmabhumi
Paperback. Translator(s): Srivastava, Lalit M. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 366.
In Karmabhumi Premchand explores the complex world of human relationships while firmly grounding his characters in the social and political realities of his times. Through his protagonists and their yearnings, love, laughter, tears, trials, and tribulations, the author subtly brings alive the India of the early decades of the twentieth century, while at the same time delivering a powerful social and political message. With its focus on the nationalist movement and strong political and social overtones, the novel will interest general readers, as well as students and scholars of literature, Indian literature in translation, and social history.
In Karmabhumi Premchand explores the complex world of human relationships while firmly grounding his characters in the social and political realities of his times. Through his protagonists and their yearnings, love, laughter, tears, trials, and tribulations, the author subtly brings alive the India of the early decades of the twentieth century, while at the same time delivering a powerful social and political message. With its focus on the nationalist movement and strong political and social overtones, the novel will interest general readers, as well as students and scholars of literature, Indian literature in translation, and social history.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780195696660
SKU
V9780195696660
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Ref
99-1
About Premchand Munshi
Premchand (1880-1936) was one of India's greatest writers in Hindi and Urdu. Lalit Srivastava is Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
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