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Coolie by Mulk Raj Anand (1994, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Along the way, he takes on different roles, working as a servant, factory-worker, and rickshaw driver, all in a desperate fight for survival. Through Munoo's experiences, Anand vividly portrays the grim fate of those living in poverty and the challenges they face in a society plagued by inequality.Anand, one of the most highly regarded Indian novelists writing in English, was born in Peshawar in 1905.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140186808
ISBN-139780140186802
eBay Product ID (ePID)40923
Product Key Features
Book TitleCoolie
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, General
Publication Year1994
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorMulk Raj Anand
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-104776
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal823
SynopsisCoolie portrays the picaresque adventures of Munoo, a young boy forced to leave his hill village to fend for himself and discover the world. His journey takes him far from home to towns and cities, to Bombay and Simla, sweating as servant, factory-worker and rickshaw driver. It is a fight for survival that illuminates, with raw immediacy, the grim fate of the masses in pre-Partition India., 'Coolie' portrays the adventures of Munoo, a young boy forced to leave his hill village to fend for himself and discover the world., Coolie portrays the picaresque adventures of Munoo, a young boy forced to leave his hill village to fend for himself and discover the world. His journey takes him far from home to towns and cities, to Bomboy and Simla, sweating as servant, factory-worker and rickshaw driver. It is a fight for survival that illuminates, with raw immediacy, the grim fate of the masses in pre-Partition India. Together with Untouchable , Coolie places Mulk Raj Anand among the twentieth century's finest Indian novelists writing in English.
LC Classification NumberPR9499.3.A5C6 1994
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