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THE GODAN By MUNSHI PREMCHAND
THE GODAN By MUNSHI PREMCHAND
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Premchand is the most famous Hindi novelist and Godan is Premchand’s most celebrated novel. Economic and social conflict in a north Indian village are brilliantly captured in the story of Hori, a poor farmer and his family’s struggle for survival and self-respect. Hori does everything he can to fulfill his life’s desire: to own a cow, the peasant’s measure of wealth and well-being. Like many Hindus of his time, he believes that making the gift of a cow to a Brahman before he dies will help him achieve salvation. An engaging introduction to India before Independence, Godan is at once village ethnography, moving human document and insightful colonial history.
