About the Book: A Life Incomplete
British agitations, are thoughts of going home to his wife. When he returns, he
finds out that his wife has died, leaving behind their infant child. As Kuldeeps
world collapses around him, he negotiates the divergent pulls exerted by people
around him: a holy man who advocates renunciation; his childhood friend Saroj,
who has always loved him; and the tempestuous Prakash who hides an unsavoury
past. Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author Nanak Singh draws on personal
experiences to create this compelling portrait of Punjab in the 1920s.
Originally published in Punjabi in 1940, Adh Kidhiya Phool is an intense
meditation on