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Untouchable

By: Publication details: UK; Penguin Classics; 2014Description: 160 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780141393605
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.91
Summary: Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system. It is a system that is even now only slowly changing and was then as cruel and debilitating as that of apartheid. Into this vivid re-creation of one day in the life of Bakha, sweeper and toilet-cleaner, Anand pours a vitality, fire and richness of detail that earn his place as one of the twentieth century's most important Indian writers.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi In Store 823.91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL000797
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Desi Reads 823.91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLL000814
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Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system. It is a system that is even now only slowly changing and was then as cruel and debilitating as that of apartheid. Into this vivid re-creation of one day in the life of Bakha, sweeper and toilet-cleaner, Anand pours a vitality, fire and richness of detail that earn his place as one of the twentieth century's most important Indian writers.

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