Pinjar or The Skeleton, tells the story of Puro, a young woman of Hindu background, finding herself living a lovely life - in a period circling the time of the Partition of 1947 - with her family. All is well for Puro, who finds herself betrothed to a wealthy, sweet young man, Ramchand, from a promising family akin to her own background. Although her life seems to be well-charted, Puro’s bliss is shattered one day as a leisurely trip in the fields beyond her home with Rajjo turns traumatic as she is kidnapped by a mysterious man, who turns out to be Rashid, a man of Muslim descent.   The Man is a compelling account of a young man born under strange circumstances and abandoned at the altar of God.   Brought together in this volume are two of the most moving novels by one of India’s greatest women writers, translated by Khushwant Singh.

“Amrita Pritam was known for her ability to portray the essence of its robust people, their turbulent lives and, above all, their deeply entrenched pathos. In simple but delicate and creative prose and verse, she expressed the poignancy of India’s division by the colonial administration in 1947, when millions were uprooted, with bloodshed and tragedy on either side of the new border.”  — THE INDEPENDENT, UK

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