Declare Out Of Books Coolie
| Title | : | Coolie |
| Author | : | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 282 pages |
| Published | : | June 24th 1993 by Penguin Classics (first published 1936) |
| Categories | : | Cultural. India. Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction. Asian Literature. Indian Literature |
Mulk Raj Anand
Paperback | Pages: 282 pages Rating: 3.78 | 673 Users | 67 Reviews
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Coolie portrays the picaresque adventures of Munoo, a young boy forced to leave his hill village to fend for himself and discover the world. His journey takes him far from home to towns and cities, to Bomboy and Simla, sweating as servant, factory-worker and rickshaw driver. It is a fight for survival that illuminates, with raw immediacy, the grim fate of the masses in pre-Partition India. Together with Untouchable, Coolie places Mulk Raj Anand among the twentieth century's finest Indian novelists writing in English.
Point Books In Pursuance Of Coolie
| Original Title: | Coolie (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) |
| ISBN: | 0140186808 (ISBN13: 9780140186802) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Out Of Books Coolie
Ratings: 3.78 From 673 Users | 67 ReviewsCritique Out Of Books Coolie
There's not much here that we don't already know, and one does feel every now and then that the author manipulates the characters/plot to elicit more sympathy from the reader. Some of the characters seemed almost Bollywood-ish (Ratan, for instance). One can see that Anand was moved by the poverty he saw around him, which is why he wrote this book. All in all, a good read, but nothing exceptional.creates a memorable character Munoo, through him we look into the plight of the poor in the British times. The novel also gives a glimpse into the lives of the Britishers, different from the stereotypical images we have been receiving through Bollywood movies all the time.
creates a memorable character Munoo, through him we look into the plight of the poor in the British times. The novel also gives a glimpse into the lives of the Britishers, different from the stereotypical images we have been receiving through Bollywood movies all the time.
Coolie portrays the adventures of a young sixteen year old boy Munoo. Munoo, at best, is like a universal figure who represents a passion not only for India but also the human race. The story of Coolie is a fight for basic survival that shines through with a raw sense of urgency while also highlighting the grim fate of the masses in a pre-partition India. Mulk Raj Anand's picture of Munoo is real, comprehensive and subtle.
I remember this as being incredibly sad and painful to read. Munoo, the protagonist, lives a tortured life.
This novel effectively depicts the sufferings of labourers through the story of Munoo, the protagonist. Munoo, an orphan brought up by his uncle begins the journey of his life from his village and going through many places say various stages of miseries, dies of consumption in the end. The portrayal is so realistic that it gives one a true picture of the conditions the workers live in - the depiction of nauseating surroundings, dirty lanes, labourers relieving in the open fields etc. The story
To a reader who, as a member of the South Asian diaspora, has never had more than an amorphous grasp of the region's history, Mulk Raj Anand vividly animates the world that existed therein during the twilight of the British Raj. "Coolie", an extraordinary tale of a common village orphan, illuminates with touching clarity the state of affairs in pre-partition India that is all too often fogged over with romanticist nostalgia. The reader sees this world through the simple eyes of Munoo, the tragic
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