यशपाल की गणना हिन्दी साहित्य के निर्मात्ताओं में की जाती है । एक विचारधारा से जुड़े होने पर भी उनकी कहानियों और उपन्यासंजिंनकी संख्या काफी है-वहुत लोकप्रिय हुए और उन्होंने अपने ढंग से साहित्य को गहराई से प्रभावित क्रिया । प्रस्तुत संकलन में उन्होंने स्वयं अपने अनेक कहानी संग्रहों में से चुनकर श्रेष्ठ कहानियाँ दी हैं तथा भूमिका में अपने लेखन तथा विचारों पर प्रकाश डाला है ।
Yashpal (3 December 1903 – 26 December 1976) was a Hindi-language author who is sometimes considered to be the most gifted since Premchand. A political commentator and a socialist who had a particular concern for the welfare of the poor and disadvantaged, he wrote in a range of genres, including essays, novels and short stories, as well as a play, two travel books and an autobiography. He won the Hindi-language Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel, Meri Teri Uski Baat in 1976 and was also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan.
Yashpal's writings form an extension to his earlier life as a revolutionary in the cause of the Indian independence movement.
The stories are good. Some are in Hindustani and some are in Sanskritized Hindi.
The hill woman is waiting for a Pakistani and that is simple life of hills.
The story of sex of monks is also thought provoking. What is more important? Bodily pleasures of after life pleasures? Yashpal feels sexual pleasure is equally important.
सभी कहानियां बेहतरीन है जो मानवीय संवेदना के अलग-अलग पक्षों को स्पर्श करती है कहानी पठनीय है कुछ कहानियां जैसे जहां हसद नहीं, पहाड़ की स्मृति ,चित्र का शीर्षक ,सच बोलने का भूल आदि तो बेहतरीन है
I approached this book with very low expectations, but to my surprise, I found myself enjoying most of the stories. I’ll definitely be exploring more works by this author in the future.