None Other (Two Novellas) - Softcover

Krishna Baldev Vaid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143419773 ISBN 13: 9780143419778

Publisher: Penguin Classics India, 2017

Synopsis

Vaid fluidly describes the violent turns of an emotional kaleidoscope India Today None Other conjures a vivid portrait of a man who is old, alone and dying. Trapped in his house, consumed with lust, shame and loathing, he scribbles his frenzied ramblings in his notebooks. But what begins as a bitter tirade transforms into an anguished meditation on loneliness and the quest for solace. In Here I Am if I Am, translated into English for the first time, a hunchback at a desolate roadside contemplates the precariousness of his own existence even as his tormented mind unravels. Hypnotic and unsettling, Vaid s highly innovative novellas expertly explore some of our biggest anxieties: the fear of abandonment, the treachery of memory, the uncertainty of life and the imminence of death.

About this title

About the Author:

Krishna Baldev Vaid, born in 1927 in Dinga, now in Pakistan, is a major Hindi writer known for his iconoclastic and innovative work. Among the many great books that comprise his prolific literary career, perhaps his bestknown and most-loved work is the extraordinary coming-of-age novel Uska Bachpan published in Penguin Classics as Steps in Darkness). His work has been translated into and published in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Japanese and several Indian languages.

Review:

The stalwart of Hindi literature. --The Hindu

Vaid s literary career . . . is one of extreme courage, tragi-comic imagination, and playful innovation pushing fictional forms to extremities. --Tehelka

Long after the last page has been turned, the characters continue to live . . . Vaid fluidly describes the violent turns of an emotional kaleidoscope. --India Today

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics India
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0143419773
• ISBN 13: 9780143419778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240