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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 ...
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 series is an adaptation of several collections of short stories and novels by R. K. Narayan, depicting life in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.It draws from works such as Malgudi Days, A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories, An Astrologer's Day and Other Short Stories, Swami and Friends, and The Vendor of Sweets, offering a portrayal of rural and small-town India through its ...
The book is illustrated by R. K. Laxman, Narayan's brother, and includes five stories. [2] The title story is a sly narrative of a business transaction between an American tourist and an Indian goat-herder as Muni, the result of an inability to communicate with each other.
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. G.
The Vendor of Sweets (1967), by R. K. Narayan, is the biography of a fictional character named Sri K. V. Jagan who is a sweet vendor of (a fictional Indian town) Malgudi. The story beautifully reflects his conflict with his estranged son and how he finally leaves for renunciation, overwhelmed by the sheer pressure and monotony of his life.
It forms the setting for most of Narayan's works. Starting with his first novel, Swami and Friends, all but one of his fifteen novels and most of his short stories take place here. Malgudi was a portmanteau of two Bengaluru localities - Malleshwara and Basavana Gudi. Narayan has successfully portrayed Malgudi as a microcosm of India.
Swami and Friends is the first novel written by Sir R. K Narayan. [2] It was published through the intervention of a friend and neighbour, "Kittu" Purna, who was studying at Oxford. Through him, Graham Greene came into contact with Narayan's work, became especially interested in it and took it upon himself to place the book with a reputable ...