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John Thieme
Presents an account of Narayan’s development as a writer. This is a comprehensive study of Narayan’s fiction, which offers detailed readings of his novels. It is a reassessment of his…
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Maria Yaquin,Aliya Amreen,Haziqul Yaquin
R K Narayan - The Writerman of India is a collection that features brief summaries of various books and stories of R K Narayan. It also features his criticisms, his…
Visweswararao Chenamallu
Some stories surprise the reader, some stories make the reader weep; some stories mesmerize; some stories are informative; some stories educate; some stories attack on social evils, but Narayan's stories…
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Some stories surprise the reader, some stories make the reader weep; some stories mesmerize; some stories are informative; some stories educate; some stories attack the social evils, but Narayan's stories…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s The Ramayana, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s An Astrologer’s Day, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Literature of Developing Nations for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author…
R. K. Narayan
Features stories such as Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi , The Financial Expert , and Waiting for the Mahatma .
Ten-year-old Swaminathan is living in exciting times. The sleeping giant of India is beginning to stir to the dwelling reverberations which herald the great struggle for independence. But it’s all…
In the shade of a banyan tree sits Margayva, self-styled advisor on the complex minor transactions. But a scrape with officialdom in the form of an unplanned interview with the…
Taken from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and other Indian epics, this book presents the tales of the gods and demons, saints and sinners. It is illustrated throughout by the author’s…
Three novellas - one of a grandmother, one of an old miser, and one of a childless couple - Narayan returns the reader to a world of small-town India, with…
Chandran is newly graduated, he is unsure how he wants to spend his future. And then, one evening, walking by the river, he sees Malathi, but the course of love…
The first time that indolent young Sriram knows about Mahatma Ghandi’s visit to Malgudi is when a collection box is waved beneath his nose by the most beautiful girl he…
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…
Krishna, an English teacher in the town of Malgudi, nagged by the feeling he’s doing the wrong work, is nonetheless delighted by his domestic life, where his wife and young…
Discover one of India’s most valued and adored twentieth-century novelists, including his novel Swami and Friends. Here are three of R. Narayan’s most famous and best loved novels: Swami and…
R K Narayan
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…
Suman Dahiya
The society, as aid, is in a phase of reshuffling and rearranging its values and standards to match up with the changing times. Fitting in the new modes and categories…
A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s Forty-Five a Month, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study…
A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s Horse and Two Goats, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography…
Adeeb Yusef Salam
A timeless search for personal identity where the various kinds of love penetrate one another in unexpected ways.
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THE APPLE OF HIS EYE IS HIS SON MALI, FOR WHOM HE FEELS A DEEP BUT ABSURDLY EMBARRASSED AFFECTION, WHICH APPEARS TO GO UNREQUITED. WHEN MALI COOLLY ANNOUNCES THAT HE…
A travelogue which captures the spirit of modern America from an inexperienced traveller’s point of view, full of anecdotes about some of the most famous and infamous American characters.
An Astrologer's Day is a collection of short stories by R.K. Narayan, one of India's most celebrated authors. Set in the bustling city of Malgudi, these tales explore the everyday…
A captivating exploration of the city of Mysore, a princely state in India ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty. The author, R. K. Narayan, was fascinated with the city's traditions, festivals…
These essays, written over a period of 30 years, deal with subjects as diverse as umbrellas, South Indian coffee and the Raj revival in India.
Explores the contentious relationship between Jagan and his son Mali, which might be read as a clash between Eastern and Western cultures.
With a foreword by John Updike
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the…
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…
Nataraj earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. He and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find…
An omnibus edition featuring four books based in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi: The World of Nagaraj , Mr Sampath-Printer of Malgudi , Waiting for the Mahatma and The…
Includes characters who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes.
A collection from India’s foremost storyteller including characters from various walks of Indian life - merchants, beggars, herdsmen, rogues - all of whose lives are microcosms of the human experience.
Introducing a collection of stories, this work portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappatis - all kinds of people, drawn in full colour and…
The Ramayana is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world’s supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the story, this work suggests that it can be enjoyed for…
Raju’s first stop after his release from prison is the barber’s shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India’s most corrupt tourist…
A collection of short stories from R.K. Narayan, spanning five decades. Characters include a storyteller whose magical source of tales dries up, and a love-stricken husband who is told by…
Anurita Singh
Indian Literature comprises of several literature; Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Kannada, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and now Indian Writing in English.Indian Writing in English…
NARAYAN, R. K.,R. K. Narayan
A widower of Gandhian principles, Jagan harbours affection for his son Mali. Yet even Jagan’s patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the city of Malgudi full of modern…
Die Gesellschaft als Hilfe befindet sich in einer Phase der Umbesetzung und Neuordnung ihrer Werte und Standards, um mit den sich andernden Zeiten Schritt zu halten. Die Anpassung an die…
La societa, in quanto aiuto, e in una fase di rimescolamento e riorganizzazione dei suoi valori e standard per adeguarsi ai tempi che cambiano. L'adattamento alle nuove modalita e categorie…
A sociedade, como ajuda, esta em uma fase de reorganizacao e reorganizacao de seus valores e padroes para se adequar aos tempos de mudanca. A adaptacao aos novos modos e…
