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