The Very Best of R.K. Narayan [Jan 31, 2014] R.K. Narayan

R.K. Narayan

ISBN 10: 8129131021 / ISBN 13: 9788129131027

Published by Rupa Publications India, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Very Best of R.K. Narayan [Jan 31, 2014] R.K. Narayan
• Publisher: Rupa Publications India
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8129131021
• ISBN 13: 9788129131027
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Over a career spanning seven decades, R.K. Narayan, easily one of the most influential and important writers of India, populated the fictional town of Malgudi with a host of unforgettable characters: Swami and his gang of friends, the Talkative Man, Raju the guide and Sampath the printer, among many others. These characters have carved out a place for themselves in popular imagination and live on, still fresh and endlessly entertaining, many decades after they first appeared.Timeless Malgudi brings together a selection of the best and the most enduring of R.K. Narayan's fiction and nonfiction. The Guide examines, with wit and irony, how a man becomes a godman. The story 'A Horse and Two Goats' describes an attempt at crosscultural communication which goes haywire, with hilarious consequences. The excerpt from My Days, Narayan's autobiography, paints a poignant picture of the author's childhood while the 'Misguided Guide' is a cynical, sharply written chronicle of the making of the film