First published in English in India by Harper Perennial 2022
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Copyright © Kulwant Singh Suri
First published in Punjabi as Khoon de Sohile in 1948 by Lok Sahitya Prakashan, Amritsar
This English translation © Navdeep Suri 2022
P-ISBN: 978-93-5489-742-9
Epub Edition © April 2022 ISBN: 978-93-5489-743-6
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