Description

Longing for Sunshine (Surya Mukher Swapna) is one of Syed Abdul Malik’s most popular novels that reveals his penetrating insight into the conflicts of human passion and desire, his sustained imaginative power and lively style. Set against that backdrop of a typically backward Assamese village, Dalim, the novel depicts the life of the poor peasants here, their occupation, their customs and manners, their joys and sorrows. In his uninhibited exposure of economic and social evils and his explorations into psychological depth, he is a realist. The novel also proves the author’s power of characterisation.