Anands most profound study of human nature The story of a mans compelling love for a woman, this is at the same time a historical novel of unusual power, showing the demise of the princely states with the birth of a free India. Maharaja Ashok Kumar of Sham Pur asserts complete independence for his small hill-state rather than join the Indian Union. A febrile romantic who has inherited more...
Mulk Raj Anand (19052004) was born in Peshawar and educated at the universities of Punjab and London. After earning his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1929, he began writing notes for T.S. Eliots magazine Criterion as well as books on diverse subjects such as cooking and the arts. Recognition came with the publication of his first two novels, Untouchable (1935) and Coolie (1936). These were followed by the...
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