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Swami and Friends

Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan

  • 184 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1935
  • 11 editions
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1 About this book

Narayan’s debut novel, this is also the first to be set in the fictional town of Malgudi and the first of a semi-autobiographical trilogy, along with ‘The Bachelor of Arts’ and ‘The English Teacher’. It relates, in a gently humorous fashion, the life and adventures of a young boy and his friends as they grow up in a small provincial town. It has been highly praised by a number of critics and writers, including Graham Greene.

  • India
  • Social life and customs
  • Students
  • Near and far eastern fiction

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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