Premchand: His Life and TimesPremchand (1880-1936) remains indisputably the greatest writer of fiction in Hindi and Urdu. Widely regarded as the definitive biography of the writer, Premchand: His Life and Times is also an invaluable sourcebook for anyone who wishes to understand the origins and milieu of Hindi and Urdu writing in the twentieth century. |
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