Untouchable by Anand: First Edition (5 results)

Condition: Fair. First Edition. Bakha is a young man, proud and even attractive, yet none the less he is an outcast in India's caste system: an Untouchable. In deceptively simple prose this groundbreaking novel describes a day in the life of Bakha, sweeper and toilet-cleaner, as he searches for a meaning to the tragic existence he has been born into - and comes to an unexpected conclusion. Mulk Raj Anand poured a vitality, fire and richness of detail into his controversial work, which led him to be acclaimed as his country's Charles Dickens and one of the twentieth century's most important Indian writers.; Naam met pen op de titelpagna, overigens prima.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Both the book & the dust jacket are clean, bright & unmarked. Like new. The number line goes to 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 128 p. or. cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition THUS , First Printing of the revised edition from 1970. PP. 189. In original jacket, not price clipped. Clean tightly bound copy. Laid in is a Invite from The Ambassador of India to Irish author Kevin Casey, for lunch in Dublin to meet Mulk Raj Anand. Mulk Raj Anand has signed the Invite to the rear with his address and phone number. The book itself is not signed. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Scarce thus. A Good- copy, solid with some spotting to pages, a remainder mark to bottom of page block and a little residue to rear pastedown and ffep, possibly indicative of ex-circulation library. No jacket.