Two Leaves and a Bud

Two Leaves and a Bud  
Author(s) Mulk Raj Anand
Country India
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publication date 1937
Media type Print
OCLC Number 4096686
Preceded by Coolie
Followed by The Village

Two Leaves and a Bud is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand first published in 1937.[1] Like his other novels, this one also deals with the topic of oppression of the poor, and is about a peasant who tries to protect his daughter from a British soldier.[2] The story is based in the tea plantations of Assam. The book was subsequently adapted to a Hindi film, Rahi, by Dev Anand and simultaneously released in English as The Wayfarer.[3] The book depicts in detail the concept of haves and have-nots and the exploitation of one at the hand of the other, in pre-independence India.[4]

This is a dramatic novel that ends with a "tragic clash of interests and destinies".[5]

References

  1. ^ "Mulk Raj Anand draws closer to 100". The Times of India. December 11, 2003. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/351705.cms. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  2. ^ "Mulk Raj Anand". London: The Daily Telegraph. 2004-09-29. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1472853/Mulk-Raj-Anand.html. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  3. ^ "All the world's a Bollywood stage". The Telegraph (Kolkata). http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041212/asp/look/story_4106971.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  4. ^ George, C. J, (1994). Mulk Raj Anand, his art and concerns: a study of his non-autobiographical novels. Atlantic Publishers. pp. 51. ISBN 9788171564453. http://books.google.com/books?id=M7LSHdlvRtcC&lpg=PA51&dq=%22Two%20Leaves%20and%20a%20Bud%22%2B%22Mulk%20Raj%20Anand%22&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=%22Two%20Leaves%20and%20a%20Bud%22+%22Mulk%20Raj%20Anand%22&f=false. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  5. ^ Ravi Kumar, N. P. (2007). Two Leaves and a Bud: A Proletariat Nove. pp. 112-117. ISBN 8126903996. http://books.google.com/books?id=rkLrzGUU9vUC&pg=PA95&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
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