Mulk Raj Anand: A Reader : Selections from His Fictional and Non-fictional Writings

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Sahitya Akademi, 2005 - Literary Collections - 638 pages
Mulk Raj Anand Was An Indian English Writer Of World Repute. His First Ten Books Were From London. He Has Over 22 Books Of Fiction And A Large Number Of Publications On Art, Education And Culture, And Thousands Of Letters. Only Three Volumes Of His Letters Have Been Published. Some Of His Works Have Gone Out Of Print. The Book Is The First Attempt Of Its Kind To Fill This Gap And Introduce The Author To A Large Readership. Here Is An Earnest Endeavour To Give A ýFeelý Of His Immortal Art And Vision. It Opens With ýThe Lost Childý And Records, In All, 15 Short Stories. Then Selections From 15 Novels Have Been Given. The Final Part Carries Four Letters Of Anand, Culled From Three Anthologies Of Letters.
 

Contents

The Lost Child
3
Lullaby
15
The Cobbler and the Machine
25
A Pair of Mustachios
35
The Tractor and the Corn Goddess
41
The Thief
47
The Parrot in the Cage
55
Old Bapu
69
The Sword and the Sickle
279
The Big Heart
313
Seven Summers
345
Private Life of an Indian Prince
375
The Old Woman and the Cow
399
The Road
423
Death of a Hero
447
Morning Face
473

The Gold Watch
75
The Price of Bananas
83
Lajwanti
89
The Dreamer
103
Untouchable
109
Coolie
151
Two Leaves and a Bud
189
The Village
217
Across the Black Waters
251
Confession of a Lover
513
The Bubble
559
Apology for Heroism
601
Conversations in Bloomsbury
611
Author to Critic
621
Anand to Atma
627
APPENDICES
635
Select Bibliography
639
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