Ashk,Upendranath

FALLING WALLS - 1 - Haryana Penguin Group 2015/01/01 - 486

A young man from Jalandhar longs to become a writer but fails at every turn, Upendranath Ashk's 1947 novel explores in great detail the trials and tribulations of Chetan. From the back galis of Lahore and Jalandhar to Shimla's Scandal Point, Falling Walls offers a rich and intimate portrait of lower-middle-class life in the 1930s and the hurdles an aspiring writer must overcome to fulfil his ambitions.

9780143423690

Gifted Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation,Culcutta


Fiction
translated from Hindi

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