SynopsisMohan Rakesh was a towering figure in Hindi fiction and drama. More than a decade in the making, and put together in collaboration with the author, this volume makes a broad range of his work available to English readers. The stories here range from humorous, satirical studies of human foibles, to profound, painful commentaries on the complexities of the human condition. A translation of Adhe Adhure, the play that thrust Indian drama into modernity and one of the finest ever written in Hindi, is included as well. Rounding out the book, as part of the ` P.S. Section` , are a selfportrait and interview
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Mohan Rakesh (1925?1972) was a modernist innovator in Hindi who deeply influenced India?s multilingual literary culture after Independence. His full-length plays?Ashadh ka ek din (1958), Lahron ke rajhans (1963) and Adhe adhure (1969)?became seminal works of urban drama and theatre, while his fiction sustained the ?new story? and ?new novel? movements nationally. Consolidated by four decades of posthumous publication, his prolific output as theatre theorist, literary and cultural critic, translator, travel writer, diarist and correspondent now positions him as a transformative figure in postcolonial literature worldwide.