A Life Incomplete

by Nanak Singh, Navdeep Suri

All that sustains Kuldeep Singh through his dark days in jail, where he is serving a term for participating in anti-British agitations, are thoughts of going home to his wife. When he returns, he finds out that his wife has died, leaving behind their infant child. As Kuldeep s world collapses around him, he negotiates the divergent pulls exerted by people around a holy man who advocates renunciation; his childhood friend Saroj, who has always loved him; and the tempestuous Prakash who hides an unsavoury past. Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author Nanak Singh draws on personal experiences to create this compelling portrait of Punjab in the 1920s. Originally published in Punjabi in 1940, Adh Kidhiya Phul is an intense meditation on the choices people make and the consequences these may have.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 16, 2013

Reviews

[Japitoj · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book so close to reality.. though written in 1940s... the emotions and how society works is still the same. The characters are real, they have perfections and flaws.. so human like . I like the way , the author has highlighted the hypocrisy and frail or rather fickle nature of human mind.
Most loved pages- No author has better described (that I have read) religious charlatans in concise 2 pages 186-187.

[Sarabjeet Kaur · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story