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Untouchable is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand published in 1935. The novel established Anand as one of India's leading English authors. [1] The book was inspired by his aunt's experience of being ostracized for sharing a meal with a Muslim woman. [2] [3] The plot of this book, Anand's first, revolves around the argument for eradicating the caste ...
It has been described as a novel, and as a linked series of short stories [1] or fictional portraits. [2] First published in the United States, the connected stories explore the extensive immigration from North Africa to Europe through the lives of four Moroccan characters: two men and two women.
Still, others praised the book; for example, there was "a glowing recommendation from broadcaster and journalist Danny Baker" who called it the "best" book about Jackson; and The New Yorker praised the book's in-depth research, viz., for bringing to light the "financial profligacy and wrongheadedness" of Jackson's life and business choices. [9]
The spines of many Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Reader's Digest Condensed Books was a series of hardcover anthology collections, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine Reader's Digest and distributed by direct mail.
The Untouchable is a 1997 novel by John Banville. The book is written as a roman à clef , presented from the point of view of the art historian, double agent and homosexual Victor Maskell—a character based largely on Cambridge spy Anthony Blunt and in part on Irish poet Louis MacNeice .
Halima Bashir is the fictitious name of a Sudanese medical doctor, who is the author of Tears of the Desert, a memoir about women's experiences with genocide and war in Darfur. She worked as a doctor in rural Sudan, before being abused at the hands of the National Intelligence and Security Service after reporting truthfully to United Nations ...
Halima Khatun (25 August 1933 – 3 July 2018) [1] was a Bangladeshi activist, writer and academic. She took part in Bengali Language Movement in 1952 along with other activists including Rawshan Ara Bachchu . [ 2 ]
7.26.2021: I've added a section on some of the debates surrounding the novel within critical scholarship (e.g., representations of the dalit community and of Gandhi). This article would benefit from more on postcolonial approaches and literary themes within the novel (e.g., the role of clothing and postcolonial hybridity).