Tale of a Wasteland

Renu's deeply moving cry against an unjust social order coupled with his compassion for men; his freedom from bitterness against the establishment, and his love of common humanity backed by his creation of half a dozen powerful, living authentic figures with whom he peoples his world set against the Wasteland perpetrated by Nature on man sets him apart as a major creative genius who has come to stay. Every reader of this 'epic in prose' will feel real life throbbing and pulsating through each page of this book. On its broad canvas, the life of two generations has been inimitably presented by Renu with his exquisite art which creates unforgettable characters through episodes and dialogues in an idiom that shows his power over words. Indeed, no reader, once he has gone through this book, can help missing some of these characters that he has lived with while reading this saga, lighted by Renu's vision of hope which 'no depth of despair, no height of cynicism can possibly defeat' About the Author: Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' Renu, born on 4 March, 1921, at village Aurahi-Hingna, in Purnia, Bihar, struggled all his life against oppression and exploitation, taking active part in freedom movement, as a freedom fighter in the 1942 movement. In 1950 he fought against the Rana rule in Nepal, taking part in the armed struggle. Renu's long illness in 1952-53 proved a watershed in his life after which he turned more and more towards creative literature.