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Untouchable

by Mulk Raj Anand · 1935

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Bakha is a young man, proud and even attractive, yet none the less he is an outcast in India's caste system: an Untouchable. This 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.

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Themes
social issuessocial issuesMore like thisLess of thissocial justicesocial justiceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1930s1930sMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisSouth AsiaSouth AsiaMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages
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