Malgudi Days

R. K. Narayan

ISBN 10: 8185986177 / ISBN 13: 9788185986173

Verlag: Indian Thought Publications, 1982

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00105992402

Inhaltsangabe:

The book Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories written by R.K. Narayan and published by Indian Thought Publications in India in the year 1943. Outside India the book was republished by Penguin Classics in 1982. Malgudi days is a collection of 32 fictional stories set in a small beautiful town called Malgudi in South India. Every story is based on the problems faced by nation in general during that era.

The Malgudi Days story has been applauded round the world. Actor and director, Late Shankar Nag had directed the televised series of stories of Malgudi Days in 1986. Film-maker Kavitha Lankesh has redirected the series which was telecasted in 2006. The Malgudi Days series was very popular, do read the book and got to know more about it. Powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan's imaginary city vividly. On R. K. Narayan?s 108th birthday Google commemorated by featuring a Google Doodle showing him behind a copy of Malgudi Days in 2014.

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, was the centennial of Narayan's birth.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Malgudi Days
Verlag: Indian Thought Publications
Erscheinungsdatum: 1982
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good