The Novels of R.K. Narayan

R.K.Narayan is ranked among the greatest novelists of the world & certainly he is a great literary figure of English Literature in India in the 20th century. Almost all his novels are set in the imaginary & fictional town 'Malgudi' which is his own splendid creation. His novels mirror microcosmic India caught in conventions, traditions & social changes. His characters are lively presentations of common Indians. His heroines are replicas of common Indian women. Despite a pure Indian living absorbed in religion & family, he achieved a feat to express his creative urge in English literature & has become almost a craze for English literary world. He received applause for his work from men of genius like E.M. Forster, Graham Greene & W. Somerset Maugham.
This book is a humble attempt to assign him a due place among the Indian English Novelists of international repute. This book reveals how R.K.Narayan presents witty, vital & perceptive descriptions of everyday village life in India with protagonist's search for identity.