- Indian, fiction, classics, semi-biographical
Characters include a storyteller whose magical source of tales dries up, a love-stricken husband who is told by astrologers he must sleep with a prostitute to save his dying wife, a pampered child who discovers that his beloved uncle may be an impostor or even a murderer.
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Classical in form, prestige, effortless and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 312
- Publisher
- Viking, Ecco Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780880016247
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R. K. Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), full name Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, was an Indian writer, best known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English (alongside Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao), and is credited with bringing the genre to the rest of the world. Narayan broke through with the help of his mentor and friend, Graham Greene, who was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan’s first four books, including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher. Narayan’s works also include The Financial Expert, hailed
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