Author | Pannalal Patel |
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Original title | માનવીની ભવાઈ |
Translator | V. Y Kantak |
Language | Gujarati |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Sahitya Akademi (Eng. ed.) |
Publication date | 1947 |
Publication place | India |
Published in English | 1995 |
Media type | |
891.473 | |
LC Class | PK1859.P28 M3 |
Manvi Ni Bhavai (English: Endurance: A Droll Saga) is a 1947 Gujarati novel written by Pannalal Patel. It is set in the period of the Indian famine of 1899–1900, locally known as the Chhappaniyo Dukal (The Famine of Samvat 1956) in Gujarat.[1] The novel centres around the love story of Kalu and Raju as well as the difficult and often tragic life of farmers during the famine. It was translated into English by V. Y Kantak in 1995.[2][3] It was adapted into a Gujarati film scene in 1993.[4]