ayereads's review
4.0
What an absolutely powerful short story about human nature by Munshi jee. The amount of atmosphere that he is able to build in such a short time, of the characters, the villagers, and the village itself is so delightful to read. Whilst the story itself deal with heavy topics, this story manages to dig into human nature and present the complexity of it in the most brilliant way.
nuts246's review
5.0
A Premchand Classic. Means a lot because it's the first story I read in the original
snufflesxx's review
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
premchand bestie knew what was up. the writing style brings out the desperation and rawness of the story
also reading it both in hindi and english highlighted the intensity that hindi gives the text. something about native languages and their depth, truly can't be replicated in a translated text.
made me want to delve deeper into hindi literature, that's a mission for next year :))
also reading it both in hindi and english highlighted the intensity that hindi gives the text. something about native languages and their depth, truly can't be replicated in a translated text.
made me want to delve deeper into hindi literature, that's a mission for next year :))
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