Tamas
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0143138057
ISBN-13
9780143138051
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 2nd, 2025
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
210 grams
Dimensions
19.50 x 12.90 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
IndiaPakistanc 1940 to c 1949Relating to Hindu people and groupsRelating to Sikh people and groupsRelating to Islamic / Muslim people and groupsClassic fiction: literary and generalClassic fiction (pre c 1945)Historical fictionReligious & spiritual fictionReligious and spiritual fictionFiction in translationReligious intolerance, persecution & conflictReligious intolerance, persecution and conflict
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An essential novel about the 1947 Partition in a newly revised translation by Booker Prize-winning translator Daisy Rockwell
A Penguin Classic
Bhisham Sahni’s 1973 novel is a chronicle of the sectarian violence that ultimately led to the devastation of the Partition. It drew immediate and universal critical acclaim for its poignant and striking depiction of the anatomy of a bloody conflagration that comes to engulf an entire region. In a northwestern city in pre-Independence India, Nathu, a tanner, is hired to kill a pig by a shadowy figure who haunts the novel. When the animal’s carcass is discovered on the steps of the local mosque the next morning, simmering tensions explode into riots and massacre that grip cities and villages across the region of Punjab. The incident is the linchpin in a British plot to divide and conquer the local population by planting seeds of mistrust and hatred among many who, until the day before, had been close friends and neighbors. Tamas is a chilling reminder of the consequences of colonial rule and the consequences of religious nationalisms.
Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
A Penguin Classic
Bhisham Sahni’s 1973 novel is a chronicle of the sectarian violence that ultimately led to the devastation of the Partition. It drew immediate and universal critical acclaim for its poignant and striking depiction of the anatomy of a bloody conflagration that comes to engulf an entire region. In a northwestern city in pre-Independence India, Nathu, a tanner, is hired to kill a pig by a shadowy figure who haunts the novel. When the animal’s carcass is discovered on the steps of the local mosque the next morning, simmering tensions explode into riots and massacre that grip cities and villages across the region of Punjab. The incident is the linchpin in a British plot to divide and conquer the local population by planting seeds of mistrust and hatred among many who, until the day before, had been close friends and neighbors. Tamas is a chilling reminder of the consequences of colonial rule and the consequences of religious nationalisms.
Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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