A collection of 32 stories in which the author portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappatis - all kinds of people, drawn in full colour and domestic detail. The imaginary city of Malgudi springs to life, revealing the essence of India and of human experience.
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India's great novelist presents "a gallery of colorful characters" in this collection of short stories set in the mythical village of Malgudi. LJ's reviewer found the tales "compelling miniature gems" (LJ 4/1/82).
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), born and educated in India, was the author of fourteen novels, numerous short stories and essays, a memoir, and three retold myths. His work, championed by Graham Greene, who became a close friend, was often compared to that of Dickens, Chekhov, Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor, among others. October 10, 2006, is the centennial of Narayan's birth.
Jhumpa Lahiri won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of stories, Interpreter of Maladies, and is the author of The Namesake.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Revisiting the old classic.. Nostalgia makes it sweeter,
By Engineer for literature (Boston MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Malgudi Days (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) (Paperback)
I reread Malgudi days after 20 or so years! It was a delight just as it was when I read them the first time. Only this time; being in the US, made the Characters more endearing! Looking through the mist of time the village with all its sounds sights and smells looked prettier than a real one. This is a book for you all ex-pats to curl up on a snowy winter day with a hot cup of tea (even better if someone makes hot Pakoras to go with!) and enjoy.
To the non-Indian friends, may be a hot coffee and some chicken nuggets (or soy nuggets!) and winter days. To the couple of readers who were disappointed! Well the whole point behind these stories is to capture the life as it flows. The climax is in the journey itself.
24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible stories!,
This review is from: Malgudi Days (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) (Paperback)
Malgudi Days was my introduction to R.K. Narayan and frankly I have been wondering where he's been all my life. These stories are wonderful. They are the kind of stories that will stay with me for several days after reading them. Narayan brings you to a time and a place with each story. His characters are believable, his stories moving, his writing impeccable. Each story is full of humanity. I love this classic author! I really enjoyed this collection and look forward to reading more of his work.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Believe me, the world I left behind is like this,
By Aniruddha G. Kulkarni "Ani Kulkarni" (Pune, India) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Malgudi Days (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) (Paperback)
Indian village despite its problems of scarcity of drinking water,electricity, poor sanitation, unemployment and lack of health care, holds a charm to all Indians. Mahatma appealed to all Indians to return to villages, Ambedkar asked Dalits to escape them.
More Indians now leave their villages than ever to come to cities. However, even if they leave their village, its memory remains with them for rest of their life. People call it by different names. Author R K Narayan calls it Malgudi Days! A delightful book.
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Punctually at midday he opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment, which consisted of a dozen cowrie shells, a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it, a notebook and a bundle of palmyra writing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
meek passenger, pension day, thirty rupees, road engine, ten rupees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rajam Iyer, Market Road, Rama Rao, Green Blazer, Vinayak Mudali Street, Venkat Rao, Market Gate, Senate House, Talkative Man, Ellaman Street, Kabir Street, Giant Wheel, Gymkhana Grounds, Sir Frederick Lawley, Krishna Hall, Lawley Extension, Vinayak Street, General Manager, Kukanahalli Tank, New Extension, Sri Rama, The Captain New!
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Punctually at midday he opened his bag and spread out his professional equipment, which consisted of a dozen cowrie shells, a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it, a notebook and a bundle of palmyra writing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
meek passenger, pension day, thirty rupees, road engine, ten rupees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rajam Iyer, Market Road, Rama Rao, Green Blazer, Vinayak Mudali Street, Venkat Rao, Market Gate, Senate House, Talkative Man, Ellaman Street, Kabir Street, Giant Wheel, Gymkhana Grounds, Sir Frederick Lawley, Krishna Hall, Lawley Extension, Vinayak Street, General Manager, Kukanahalli Tank, New Extension, Sri Rama, The Captain New!
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- Talkative Man (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by R. K. Narayan in Front Matter
- The Vendor of Sweets (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by R. K. Narayan in Front Matter
- Waiting for Mahatma by R. K. Narayan in Front Matter
- The Dark Room (Phoenix Fiction Series) by R. K. Narayan in Front Matter
- Mahatma Gandhi by Jawaharlal Nehru on page 100
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- Public Faces, Private Voices: Community and Individuality in South India by Mattison Mines in Front Matter, page 208, and Back Matter
- Life's Work: Geographies of Social Reproduction (Antipode Book Series) by Katharyne Mitchell on page 145, page 146, and page 161
- Imagining the Sacred: Soundings in World Religions (Faith Meets Faith) by Vernon Ruland in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Buying and Believing: Sri Lankan Advertising and Consumers in a Transnational World by Steven Kemper on page 60
- A Tiger for Malgudi (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by R. K. Narayan in Back Matter
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