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The gift of a cow : a translation of the classic Hindi novel, Godaan

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  • "Godāna"
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  • "Godaan"

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  • "Story of Hori, a poor peasant who yearns to own a cow and to make the pious Hindu's traditional gift to a Brahmin when he dies. Through Premchand's vivid character portrayals we witness the efforts of Hori's family to survive the conflicts of village politics and the webs spun by colonial landownership patterns. Counterposed to the culture of rural connectedness but also constriction is the isolation but also freedom of the city. Here the rigors of industrialization and empty materialism only can be offset by the promise of Gandhian idealism."
  • "Premchad is generally considered the greatest of Hindi fiction writers, and "Godaan", published just before his death in 1936, his most important work. Economic and social conflict in a North Indian village are portrayed in the story of Hori, a poor farmer, and his family's struggle for survival. Like every Hindu, Hori cherishes the desire to make the gift cow to a Brahmin at the time of his death, for it is common belief that this will enable him to enter heaven. In striking contrast is the picture of Indian middle and upper class urban life revealed through a young physician, a newspaper editor, a professor of philosophy, a bank manager and a factory owner."
  • "Premchand was one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century, and Godaan (first published 1936) is Premchand's most celebrated novel. Economic and social conflict in a North Indian village are graphically portrayed in the story of Hori, a typical Indian fanner, and his family's struggle for survival and self-respect. Grinding poverty is the Indian farmer' s greatest enemy, and Hori fights it to the bitter end of his life. As every Hindi, Hori cherishes the desire to make the gift of a cow to a Brahman at the time of his death, for it is common belief that this gift enables him to enter heaven. The novel is dominated by that most important of themes of Indian folklore, the symbol of the cow, and by Hori's ceaseless striving to achieve his goal. In striking contrast to the village scene is the picture of Indian middle and upper-class urban. life, which Premchand skillfully reveals through such memorable characters as Miss Malti, an attractive young physician, Pandit Onkarnath, a newspaper editor, Dr. Mehta, a philosophy professor, and Mr. Khanna, a bank manager and factory owner. In both the "traditional" and the "modern" settings there is oppression; in both there are clashes of values. Yet behind the distinctively Indian setting, readers will recognize universal human predicaments.--Adapted from publisher description."

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  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Classic fiction"
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