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Imprint: Orient Paperbacks
Publication Date: 18 Sep, 2008
Pages Count: 264 Pages
Weight: 240.00 Grams
Dimensions: 5.00 x 8.00 Inches
Series: Library of South Asian Literature
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About the Book:
Across the Black Waters is widely regarded as outstanding among the earlier novels of Mulk Raj. It has been translated in 11 European languages, with the British Council adapting this war-time novel overlooking the claims of classics like All Quiet on the Western Front, into a play to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War I, Anand has finally got the recognition that has eluded this novel.
Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 - 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R.K. Narayan and Ahmed Ali, was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an international readership.
Born in Peshawar, he studied at Khalsa College, Amritsar, before moving to England where he attended University College London as an undergraduate and later Cambridge University, graduating with a PhD in 1929.
In 1972, he was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award (India's National Academy of Letters) the most prestigious Indian award for literary writing.