David Rubin, scholar and novelist, received his Doctorate in Comparative Literature at Columbia University, USA, and later taught Hindi literature at the same university. Author of three novels set in India, he has also translated two other volumes of Premchand’s three volumes of Chayavadi poetry and two contemporary Hindi novelists, Susham Bedi and Shrilal Shukla.
As an example of woman-centric literature which faithfully portrays its social milieu and era, The Second Wife stands in its own class. The novel marks the progress of the literary revolution more...
