Train to Pakistan
Train to Pakistan
by Khushwant Singh
AdultsIndian author
A Punjab border village where Sikhs and Muslims have lived in peace until the trains of Partition arrive.
Heads-up for parents: Violence. Worth reading it yourself first.
- Author
- Khushwant Singh
- Age
- For grown-ups
- Type
- Indian Literary Fiction, Novel
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin India
- Readers rate it
- 3.94 / 5 on Goodreads
- In India
- Available
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