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"There are writers-- Leo Tolstoy and Henry James to name two--whom we hold in awe, writers--Ivan Turgenev and Anton Chekhov--for whom we feel a personal affection, other writers whom we respect--Joseph Conrad for example--but who hold us at a long arm's length with their 'courtly foreign grace.' Narayan (whom I don't hesitate to name in such a context) more than any of them 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
Offering rare insight into the complexities of Indian middle-class society, R. K. Narayan traces life in the fictional town of Malgudi.
Offering rare insight into the complexities of Indian middle-class society, R. K. Narayan traces life in the fictional town of Malgudi.
Genres: Children's Fiction
Series
Malgudi
Swami and Friends (1935)
The Bachelor of Arts (1937)
The English Teacher (1945)
aka Grateful to Life and Death
Mr Sampath (1949)
The Financial Expert (1952)
Waiting for the Mahatma (1955)
The Man-eater of Malgudi (1961)
Malgudi Days (1982)
A Tiger for Malgudi (1983)
The World of Nagaraj (1990)
Tales from Malgudi (1995)
A Town Called Malgudi (1999)
The Magic of Malgudi (2000)
Memories of Malgudi (2000)
Malgudi Adventures (2003)
Swami and Friends (1935)
The Bachelor of Arts (1937)
The English Teacher (1945)
aka Grateful to Life and Death
Mr Sampath (1949)
The Financial Expert (1952)
Waiting for the Mahatma (1955)
The Man-eater of Malgudi (1961)
Malgudi Days (1982)
A Tiger for Malgudi (1983)
The World of Nagaraj (1990)
Tales from Malgudi (1995)
A Town Called Malgudi (1999)
The Magic of Malgudi (2000)
Memories of Malgudi (2000)
Malgudi Adventures (2003)
Novels
The Dark Room (1938)
Mysore (1939)
The Guide (1958)
The Vendor of Sweets (1967)
aka The Sweet Vendor
The Painter of Signs (1976)
The Mahabharata (1978)
Talkative Man (1986)
The Abduction of Sita (2006)
Mysore (1939)
The Guide (1958)
The Vendor of Sweets (1967)
aka The Sweet Vendor
The Painter of Signs (1976)
The Mahabharata (1978)
Talkative Man (1986)
The Abduction of Sita (2006)
Collections
An Astrologer's Day (1947)
Lawley Road and Other Stories (1956)
Gods Demons and Others (1965)
A Horse and Two Goats (1970)
Old and New (1981)
Under the Banyan Tree (1985)
The Grandmother's Tale (1993)
Indian Epics Retold (1995)
A Breath of Lucifer (2011)
Lawley Road and Other Stories (1956)
Gods Demons and Others (1965)
A Horse and Two Goats (1970)
Old and New (1981)
Under the Banyan Tree (1985)
The Grandmother's Tale (1993)
Indian Epics Retold (1995)
A Breath of Lucifer (2011)
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by R K Narayan
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