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Original Title:	गोदान
ISBN:	8172242190 (ISBN13: 9788172242190)
Edition Language:	Hindi

गोदान [Godaan]

Munshi Premchand

Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 4.34 | 6293 Users | 295 Reviews

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Title	:	गोदान [Godaan]
Author	:	Munshi Premchand
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	January 1st 2002 by Jaico Publishing House (first published 1936)
Categories	:	Fiction

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Premchand is the most famous Hindi novelist and Godaan is Premchand’s most celebrated novel. Economic and social conflict in a north Indian village are brilliantly captured in the story of Hori, a poor farmer and his family’s struggle for survival and self-respect. Hori does everything he can to fulfill his life’s desire: to own a cow, the peasant’s measure of wealth and well-being. Like many Hindus of his time, he believes that making the gift of a cow to a Brahman before he dies will help him achieve salvation. An engaging introduction to India before Independence, Godaan is at once village ethnography, moving human document and insightful colonial history.

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Wow! Godan is an engrossing and vivid tour de force of the socio- eco- politico-cultural status of pre-Independence India.It depicts the vampiric fangs of feudalism, the obnoxious and hypocritical caste divide and its appalling fallout on individuals and the pitiable lot of the farmer who was literally at the bottom of the food chain. There is the all-pervading and preposterous usurious exploitation by shylocks; their exploitative methods result in extracting the last paisa from the farmer,

Godaan is doubly special, being the swan song as well as the magnum opus of one of Indias greatest writers, Munshi Premchand. A simple tale, told with the unadorned style of the rustic setting where it takes place, Godaan manages to shine light on the inequity of wealth, caste, and opportunities that plagued the India of a century ago (and still does to a large extent). It also manages to put in perspective the privilege most people take for granted, the disparity in the ambitions of the rich

A nice read that beautifully reflects how life is in a rural setting, contrasting it with the luxurious life of the rich class. How their problems are significantly different from each other, how each one of them has to fight to maintain their dignity and pride in society, how life plays out for the rich and the poor, how a poor farmer is burdened under huge debts but still finds happiness in little things. The mentality of the rich and poor is portrayed really beautifully!

I simply couldn't do justice by writing anything about this book. The characters feel so lively that you forget that they are from a book. A true insight into the lives of Indians. You feel the pain of characters, you enjoy with them, in short you feel what they feel. A completely gripping novel with a great philosophical touch. You can only turn into a die-hard fan of Premchand Ji. A must must read for every Indian. And please don't read it in any language other than Hindi.

In this book I like most is the commendable exposition of human nature by the author. The way he expressed the life of a man: the criteria behind the growth & limitations of human beings, is extremely touching. He beautifully revealed that even after giving one's full.... there is something that limits the growth of man. And when I was brooding over....these limitations: 'what controls us', 'what confines us'; it reminded me the Newton's first law that objects behave predictably; moving

A nice read that beautifully reflects how life is in a rural setting, contrasting it with the luxurious life of the rich class. How their problems are significantly different from each other, how each one of them has to fight to maintain their dignity and pride in society, how life plays out for the rich and the poor, how a poor farmer is burdened under huge debts but still finds happiness in little things. The mentality of the rich and poor is portrayed really beautifully!

I am totally blown away by Premchand's dexterity in handling characters! So many characters, but not one is stereotyped or made to look like a caricature. All the major ones change over the course of the novel with the circumstances and reveal new sides to them. He does not try to garner insincere pity for the peasants, nor does he completely demonize the zamindars and other rich people. It is the unencumbered life energy, the medley of emotions and experiences, that runs from page to page. And