Untouchable (Penguin Classics)

Untouchable (Penguin Classics)

The powerful story of an Untouchable in Indiaâ€™s caste system, now with a new introduction

With precision, vitality, and a fury that earned him praise as Indiaâ€™s Charles Dickens, Mulk Raj Anand recreates inÂ UntouchableÂ what it was like to live on the fringes of society in pre-independence India. Bakha, an attractive, proud, and strong young man, is also an Untouchable, the lowest of the low in Indiaâ€™s caste system. A sweeper and a toilet-cleaner, he must warn others on the street of his status so that he will not pollute them with his presence. In this urgent 1935 re-creation of one day in the life of an outcast, a violent encounter leads Bakha to question his fateâ€”and to find an answer in the unlikeliest of places.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 9780141393605
Color Multicolor
Height 7.5
Length 0.5
Weight 0.27116858226
Width 5
ReleaseDate 2014-06-24
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	9780141393605
Color	Multicolor
Height	7.5
Length	0.5
Weight	0.27116858226
Width	5
ReleaseDate	2014-06-24
NumberOfItems	1

Untouchable (Penguin Classics)

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