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Malgudi Days

Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan

  • 246 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1982
  • 9 editions
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1 About this book

Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story.”

Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience. This edition includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize- winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.

  • India
  • Classics
  • Social life and customs
  • City and town life

2 About Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan

1906–2001

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), better known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.

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