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Publisher | Penguin Random House India Private Limited |
Publication Year | 2022 |
ISBN-13 | 9780143455127 |
ISBN-10 | 0143455125 |
Binding | Paperback |
Number of Pages | 272 Pages |
Language | (English) |
Weight (grms) | 210 |
This fine translation has once again returned Yashpal's story to that fraught arena where every warrior appears exhausted today'-Ravish Kumar 'A daring and unusual novel'-Vasudha Dalmia 'A remarkable contribution to literary translation in English'-Apoorvanand Harish, a young revolutionary in pre-Independence Lahore, upsets his party by questioning its credo of underground armed resistance. Escaping the party's wrath, he becomes a labour activist, but is soon framed by the British government. Meanwhile, Shailbala, his comrade and lover, must take a decision about her pregnancy. As she courageously defies social norms and stands up to her influential father, can she find an ally within the revolutionary party-with Dada--Harish's erstwhile mentor and antagonist--as its autocratic leader? Yashpal's first and semi-autobiographical novel, Dada Comrade is considered the pioneering political novel of Hindi literature. It raises questions about freedom and equality, as well as about sexuality and marriage-subjects as urgent today as in those times. In this first-ever English translation, Simona Sawhney brilliantly captures the force and intensity of the original, which had heralded the arrival of a literary genius.
Yashpal
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