Udaas Naslain

Udaas Naslain, translated into English as The Weary Generations, is a 1963 Urdu novel by the Pakistani writer Abdullah Hussain. It was his debut novel and established his reputation in Urdu literature. Spanning roughly thirty five years leading up to the partition of India, the novel is told in three sections following the Victoria Cross recipient Naeem, who returns to his village after fighting in Belgium and France during the First World War, and it takes in major historical events including trench warfare, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Qissa Khwani massacre before culminating in partition. The novel won the Adamjee Literary Award in 1963 and is regarded as a masterpiece of Urdu literature. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/