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Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. [1] The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. [2] The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, [3] located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi. [4]
The concluding story, Under the Banyan Tree, is about a village story-teller who concludes his career by taking a vow of silence for the rest of his life, realizing that a story-teller must have the sense to know when to stop and not wait for others to tell him. This is the title story of this collection of tales by R.K. Narayan.
Gods, Demons and Others is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan adapted from Indian history and mythology, including epics like The Ramayana and Mahābhārata. [1] In this book, Narayan provides both vitality and an original viewpoint to ancient legends. [2]
A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories (also published as A Horse and Two Goats) is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan, published in 1970 by The Bodley Head. [1] The book is illustrated by R. K. Laxman , Narayan's brother, and includes five stories. [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Short story collections by R. K. Narayan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The popular Indian author R. K. Narayan wrote a shortened prose interpretation of the epic. In addition, Ramesh Menon wrote a single-volume edition of the Ramayana, which has received praise from scholars. A short version with a somewhat contemporary feel, influenced, according to the author, by contemporary representations of guerrilla warfare ...
R. K. Narayan, c. 1925–26. R. K. Narayan was born in a Tamil Hindu family [4] on 10 October 1906 in Madras (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), British India. [5] He was one of eight children; six sons and two daughters. Narayan was second among the sons; his younger brother Ramachandran later became an editor at Gemini Studios, and the youngest ...
Short stories by R. K. Narayan (1 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 17 May 2016, at 04:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...