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Untouchable

Anand, Mulk Raj, 1905-20042014
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Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system. It is a system that is even now only slowly changing and was then as cruel and debilitating as that of apartheid. Into this vivid re-creation of one day in the life of Bakha, sweeper and toilet-cleaner, Anand pours a vitality, fire and richness of detail that earn his place as one of the 20th century's most important Indian writers.
Main title:
Untouchable / Mulk Raj Anand.
Edition:
New edition. / introduction by Ramachandra Guha.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2014.London : Penguin Classics, 2014.
Collation:
176 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous edition: London: Penguin, 1990.
ISBN:
9780141393605 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
BRN:
1228887
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