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Language: English
Published by The Viking Press, 1976
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Very good first edition first printing in very good price unclipped dust jacket ($8.95). Binding is solid. Previous bookseller's markings on free front endpaper. Jacket is nice with some shelfwear. Will ship (and look great) in an archival quality clear Brodart cover. We use quality packaging materials.
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- Title
- The Painter of Signs
- Author
- Narayan, R. K.
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Publication year
- 1976
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0670535672
- ISBN 13
- 9780670535675
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 18 ounces
- Dimensions
- 8x5x0
In this wry, funny, bittersweet story, love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets the thrillingly independent Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to the city of Malgudi.
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About the Author
R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), born and educated in India, was the author of fourteen novels, numerous short stories and essays, a memoir, and three retold myths. His work, championed by Graham Greene, who became a close friend, was often compared to that of Dickens, Chekhov, Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor, among others.
Monica Ali, one of Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists," is the author of Brick Lane, finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
Monica Ali, one of Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists," is the author of Brick Lane, finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
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