A Life Incomplete
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All that sustains Kuldeep Singh through his dark days in jail, where he
is serving a term for participating in anti-British agitations, are
thoughts of his beautiful wife and the dream of going home. But he
returns to find that his wife has died, leaving behind their infant
child. As his world collapses around him, he negotiates the divergent
pulls exerted by people around him: a holy man who advocates
renunciation; his childhood friend Saroj, who has always loved him; and
the tempestuous Prakash who hides an unsavoury past.
Sahitya
Akademi Award-winning author Nanak Singh (1897 - 1971) draws on personal experiences
to create this compelling portrait of Punjab in the 1920s. Originally
published in Punjabi in 1940, Adh Khidya Phul is an intense meditation
on the choices people make and the consequences these may have. The
author’s engagement with social issues like superstition and blind
faith, religious bigotry, casteism and the emancipation of women seems
as fresh and relevant today as it did when he wrote this book.
Fluently translated by Navdeep Suri, A Life Incomplete introduces a stalwart of Punjabi literature to a new readership.
Published: 2012
Pages: 273
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins