Literary giant Premchand's stories are the stories of the largest and most widespread section of the Indian society. He has written novels, short stories, plays, commentaries, essays, editorials and memoirs, although he was primarily a fiction writer. He has written 15 novels, more than 300 short stories, 3 plays, 10 translations, 7 children's books and editorials, lectures, prefaces, letters etc that run into thousands of pages. His novels, Godaan and Gaban, and his short stories, Shatranj ke Khilaadi , Kafan, etc. were made into films. Sevasadan, Premaashram, Rangbhumi, Karmabhumi, Nirmala etc. are his other prominent works.This is a collection of literary giant, Premchand's timeless stories which are not just an invaluable depository of the best of Indian literature, but that of the world. These stories present heart-rending accounts of life in rural India and the impact of debilitating poverty on the everyday lives of common people. The way poverty destroys human sensibilities is captured in heartbreaking detail in these stories. Kafan is Premchand's most well-known story, which prominently highlights the nuances of this difficulty.
Product Details
Title:
KAFAN
Author:
Premchand
SKU:
BK0419231
EAN:
9789353490164
Language:
Hindi
About Author
Premchand (1880-1936), considered one of the greatest fiction writers in Hindi, was born Dhanpat Rai in Lamahi, a small village near Benares. He wrote in Urdu under the name Nawab Rai and changed it to Premchand when his collection of short stories, Soz-e Watan, was seized for sedition in 1909. In a prolific career spanning three decades, Premchand wrote fourteen novels, two plays, almost 300 short stories and several articles, reviews and editorials. He edited four journals, and also set up his own printing press. Though best known for his stories exposing the horrors of poverty and social injustice, he wrote on a variety of themes with equal felicity-romance, satire, social dramas, nationalist tales, and yarns steeped in folklore.
