The Big Heart

Name: The Big Heart
Author: Mulk Raj Anand

by Mulk Raj Anand

Novel about brotherhood and struggle among working-class metal workers in India

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Mulk Raj Anand

Anand was an Indian writer whose novels in English brought the experience of the Indian poor to a world readership. Untouchable and Coolie are important works that engaged the colonial novel tradition while transforming it from within.

More by Mulk Raj Anand

UntouchableNovel depicting an untouchable sweeper's single day of dignity and social oppression
CoolieNovel following a child laborer's harsh experiences in exploitative Indian industrial economy
The VillageNovel set in rural India exploring agricultural life and peasant community traditions
Across the Black WatersNovel tracing Indian soldiers' emigration and experiences aboard ship during World War One
The Sword and the SickleNovel blending Marxist ideology with historical narrative of Indian peasant military service