Harilal and sons : a novel /
Saraf, Sujit,
Harilal and sons : a novel / Sujit Saraf. - New Delhi : Speaking Tiger, 2016.
"It is the year 1899. In the north western corner of British India, the Chhappaniya famine stalks the desert region of Shekhavati. A despairing shopkeeper turns to his young son and says, ‘This land has nothing to offer us but sand dunes and khejra bushes.’ Soon after, twelve-year-old Harilal Tibrewal, recently married to eleven-year-old Parmeshwari, sets off, alone, for the densely populated plains of Bengal in eastern India—travelling on camelback and by bus, train and boat to arrive in Calcutta, two thousand kilometres away."--
9789386050755 pbk.
Saraf, Hiralal,--1880-1960.
India Rampura
English fiction
Harilal and sons : a novel / Sujit Saraf. - New Delhi : Speaking Tiger, 2016.
"It is the year 1899. In the north western corner of British India, the Chhappaniya famine stalks the desert region of Shekhavati. A despairing shopkeeper turns to his young son and says, ‘This land has nothing to offer us but sand dunes and khejra bushes.’ Soon after, twelve-year-old Harilal Tibrewal, recently married to eleven-year-old Parmeshwari, sets off, alone, for the densely populated plains of Bengal in eastern India—travelling on camelback and by bus, train and boat to arrive in Calcutta, two thousand kilometres away."--
9789386050755 pbk.
Saraf, Hiralal,--1880-1960.
India Rampura
English fiction