GabanGaban, first published in 1931, five years before Premchard's death, is the story of Ramanath, a morally weak but physically charming youth brought to near-disaster by his beautiful wife Jalpa's inordinate craving for jewelry. This is a felicitous translation by Christopher R King and will enable many readers to appreciate Premchand's important novel, available for the first time in English. |
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| Title | Gaban Oxford India paperbacks |
| Author | Premacanda |
| Translated by | Christopher R. King |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 9, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195652169, 9780195652161 |
| Length | 309 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Collections / Asian / General |
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