A father, a son, the money meant for a shroud — Premchand's bleakest and most honest masterpiece.
Outside the hut, they warm themselves by the fire. Inside, his wife dies in childbirth. Neither goes to her. Premchand's final argument — that poverty can hollow out even grief.
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