Udaas Naslain (The Weary Generations)

by Abdullah Hussain · 1963 · Urdu

NovelPakistan

About the book

Follows Naeem, a young man from a Punjab village, through the First World War, the freedom struggle and Partition, showing how ordinary lives were shaken by history. Hussain translated it into English as The Weary Generations (1999).

Why it matters

Novel of the independence struggle and Partition; won the Adamjee Literary Award.