History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Global Perspectives on Literary Studies: Anglophone literatures (British, American, Canadian and other postcolonial literatures) · 2 marks · Multiple select
Which of the following statement(s) aptly describe(s) the novel, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale?
The novel projects a picture of the bestial horrors enacted on the Indo-Pakistan border region during the days of August 1947.
The novel begins with house-breaking and robbery followed by the murder of the money lender Lala Ram Lal.
The novel is located in the disturbed pre-Partition period and concentrates on the inner tensions and external movements of a well-to-do Sikh family.
The novel’s triumph is really the portrait of Sabhrai, Buta Singh’s wife, whose faith in the Guru and in the Adi Granth is unflinching.
Correct answer: (C) The novel is located in the disturbed pre-Partition period and concentrates on the inner tensions and external movements of a well-to-do Sikh family.; (D) The novel’s triumph is really the portrait of Sabhrai, Buta Singh’s wife, whose faith in the Guru and in the Adi Granth is unflinching.
Explanation
Khushwant Singh's novel is set in the troubled years before Partition, around Buta Singh's Sikh family and the faith of his wife Sabhrai. A and B describe his Train to Pakistan.