Man Whose Name Did Not Appear in the Census & Other Stories

Man Whose Name Did Not Appear in the Census and Other Stories - Mulk Raj Anand

This volume is remarkable for the variety of its inspiration. Anand's picture is real, comprehensive, and subtle, and the shifts in moods, from farce to comedy, from pathos to tragedy, and from the realistic to the poetic, are remarkable.

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'The volume is remarkable for the variety of its inspiration...' Manchester Guardian, UK

'Anand's picture is real, comprehensive, and subtle, and the shifts in moods, from farce to comedy, from pathos to tragedy, and from the realistic to the poetic, are remarkable.' V S Pritchett, British Literary Critic

'Anand is indeed adept in the art of spinning a yarn.'Punjab Journal of English Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University

'Anand is an excellent raconteur,... the stories have the power to charm.'Weekend Review

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Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004) was one of the most prominent novelists and short story writers, and with Raja Rao and R K Narayan, is regarded as a founding father of English fiction in India. Son of a copper-smith and a soldier, Anand was born in Peshawar. He was educated at the Universities of Punjab, Cambridge and London.

Recipient of many coveted honours, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971, Padma Bhushan in 1967 and held the prestigious Tagore Chair at the Punjab University.

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