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R.K. Narayan Omnibus
R. K. Narayan
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Description for R.K. Narayan Omnibus
Hardcover. R K Narayan witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of warmth and vibrancy. This book features stories such as "Swami and Friends", "The Bachelor of Arts", "The Dark Room", and "The English Teacher". Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 682.
R. K. Narayan (1906-2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. Swami and Friends introduces us to Narayan's beloved fictional town of Malgudi, where ten-year-old Swaminathan's excitement about his country's initial stirrings for independence competes with his ardour for cricket and all other things British. The Bachelor of Arts is a poignant coming-of-age novel about a young man flush with first love, but whose freedom to pursue it is hindered by the fixed ideas of his traditional Hindu family. In The Dark Room, Narayan's portrait of aggrieved ... Read more
R. K. Narayan (1906-2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. Swami and Friends introduces us to Narayan's beloved fictional town of Malgudi, where ten-year-old Swaminathan's excitement about his country's initial stirrings for independence competes with his ardour for cricket and all other things British. The Bachelor of Arts is a poignant coming-of-age novel about a young man flush with first love, but whose freedom to pursue it is hindered by the fixed ideas of his traditional Hindu family. In The Dark Room, Narayan's portrait of aggrieved ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857152937
SKU
V9781857152937
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99-96
About R. K. Narayan
R K Narayan's writing spans the greatest period of change in modern Indian history, from the days of the Raj - Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937) and The English Teacher (1945) - to recent years of political unrest - The Painter of Signs (1976), A Tiger for Malgudi (1983), and Talkative Man (1987). He has published ... Read more
Reviews for R.K. Narayan Omnibus
Narayan wakes in me a spring of gratitude, for he has offered me a second home. Without him I could never have known what it is like to be Indian.
Graham Greene
Narayan's humour and compassion come from a deep universal well, with the result that he has transformed his imaginary township of Malgudi into a ... Read more
Graham Greene
Narayan's humour and compassion come from a deep universal well, with the result that he has transformed his imaginary township of Malgudi into a ... Read more