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    The English Teacher

    R. K. Narayan

    Krishna, an English teacher in the town of Malgudi, nagged by the feeling he’s doing the wrong work, is nonetheless delighted by his domestic life, where his wife and young…

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    R. K. Narayan

    John Thieme

    Presents an account of Narayan’s development as a writer. This is a comprehensive study of Narayan’s fiction, which offers detailed readings of his novels. It is a reassessment of his…

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    R. K. Narayan

    John Thieme

    Presents an account of Narayan’s development as a writer. This is a comprehensive study of Narayan’s fiction, which offers detailed readings of his novels. It is a reassessment of his…

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    R K Narayan - The Writerman of India

    Maria Yaquin,Aliya Amreen,Haziqul Yaquin

    R K Narayan - The Writerman of India is a collection that features brief summaries of various books and stories of R K Narayan. It also features his criticisms, his…

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s The Ramayana

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s The Ramayana, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…

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    The Bachelor of Arts

    R. K. Narayan

    Chandran is newly graduated, he is unsure how he wants to spend his future. And then, one evening, walking by the river, he sees Malathi, but the course of love…

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    Swami and Friends

    R. K. Narayan

    Ten-year-old Swaminathan is living in exciting times. The sleeping giant of India is beginning to stir to the dwelling reverberations which herald the great struggle for independence. But it’s all…

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    The Financial Expert

    R. K. Narayan

    In the shade of a banyan tree sits Margayva, self-styled advisor on the complex minor transactions. But a scrape with officialdom in the form of an unplanned interview with the…

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    Waiting for the Mahatma

    R. K. Narayan

    The first time that indolent young Sriram knows about Mahatma Ghandi’s visit to Malgudi is when a collection box is waved beneath his nose by the most beautiful girl he…

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    Gods, Demons and Others

    R. K. Narayan

    Taken from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and other Indian epics, this book presents the tales of the gods and demons, saints and sinners. It is illustrated throughout by the author’s…

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    The Grandmother’s Tale

    R. K. Narayan

    Three novellas - one of a grandmother, one of an old miser, and one of a childless couple - Narayan returns the reader to a world of small-town India, with…

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    R.K. Narayan Omnibus: Including Mr Sampath * The Financial Expert * Waiting For Mahatma

    R. K. Narayan

    Features stories such as Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi , The Financial Expert , and Waiting for the Mahatma .

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    A Malgudi Omnibus

    R. K. Narayan

    Discover one of India’s most valued and adored twentieth-century novelists, including his novel Swami and Friends. Here are three of R. Narayan’s most famous and best loved novels: Swami and…

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    R.K. Narayan Omnibus: Including Swami & Friends * The Bachelor of Arts * The Dark Room * The English Teacher

    R. K. Narayan

    R K Narayan witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of warmth and vibrancy. This book features stories such as Swami and…

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s An Astrologer’s Day

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s An Astrologer’s Day, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Literature of Developing Nations for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author…

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    The Very Best of R.K. Narayan

    R K Narayan

    Over a career spanning seven decades, R.K. Narayan, easily one of the most influential and important writers of India, populated the fictional town of Malgudi with a host of unforgettable…

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s Forty-Five a Month

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s Forty-Five a Month, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study…

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s Horse and Two Goats

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan’s Horse and Two Goats, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography…

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    An Assistant Professor: A Novel of Sorts. A Tribute to R. K. Narayan

    Adeeb Yusef Salam

    A timeless search for personal identity where the various kinds of love penetrate one another in unexpected ways.

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    An Assistant Professor: A Novel of Sorts. A Tribute to R. K. Narayan

    Adeeb Yusef Salam

    A timeless search for personal identity where the various kinds of love penetrate one another in unexpected ways.

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    Halwai

    R K Narayan

    THE APPLE OF HIS EYE IS HIS SON MALI, FOR WHOM HE FEELS A DEEP BUT ABSURDLY EMBARRASSED AFFECTION, WHICH APPEARS TO GO UNREQUITED. WHEN MALI COOLLY ANNOUNCES THAT HE…

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    Writer’s Nightmare: Selected Essays, 1958-88

    R. K. Narayan

    These essays, written over a period of 30 years, deal with subjects as diverse as umbrellas, South Indian coffee and the Raj revival in India.

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    My Dateless Diary: An American Journey

    R. K. Narayan

    A travelogue which captures the spirit of modern America from an inexperienced traveller’s point of view, full of anecdotes about some of the most famous and infamous American characters.

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    An Astrologers Day

    R K Narayan

    An Astrologer's Day is a collection of short stories by R.K. Narayan, one of India's most celebrated authors. Set in the bustling city of Malgudi, these tales explore the everyday…

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    Mysore

    R K Narayan

    A captivating exploration of the city of Mysore, a princely state in India ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty. The author, R. K. Narayan, was fascinated with the city's traditions, festivals…

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    My Days

    R K Narayan

    With a foreword by John Updike

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    An Astrologers Day

    R K Narayan

    An Astrologer's Day is a collection of short stories by R.K. Narayan, one of India's most celebrated authors. Set in the bustling city of Malgudi, these tales explore the everyday…

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    Mysore

    R K Narayan

    A captivating exploration of the city of Mysore, a princely state in India ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty. The author, R. K. Narayan, was fascinated with the city's traditions, festivals…

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    Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories

    R. K. Narayan

    A collection from India’s foremost storyteller including characters from various walks of Indian life - merchants, beggars, herdsmen, rogues - all of whose lives are microcosms of the human experience.

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    Grateful to Life and Death

    R K Narayan

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    Grateful to Life and Death

    R K Narayan

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    El Vendedor de Dulces

    R K Narayan

    Explores the contentious relationship between Jagan and his son Mali, which might be read as a clash between Eastern and Western cultures.

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    The Man-eater of Malgudi

    R. K. Narayan

    Nataraj earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. He and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find…

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    An Astrologers Day And Other Stories

    R K Narayan

    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the…

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    More Tales from Malgudi: World of Nagaraj , Mr.Sampath: Printer of Malgudi , Waiting for the Mahatma , Financial Expert

    R. K. Narayan

    An omnibus edition featuring four books based in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi: The World of Nagaraj , Mr Sampath-Printer of Malgudi , Waiting for the Mahatma and The…

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    The Mahabharata

    R. K. Narayan

    Includes characters who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes.

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    Malgudi Days

    R. K. Narayan

    Introducing a collection of stories, this work portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappatis - all kinds of people, drawn in full colour and…

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    The Guide: A Novel

    R. K. Narayan

    Raju’s first stop after his release from prison is the barber’s shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India’s most corrupt tourist…

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    The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian Epic

    R. K. Narayan

    The Ramayana is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world’s supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the story, this work suggests that it can be enjoyed for…

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    The Painter of Signs

    R. K. Narayan

    In this wry, funny, bittersweet story, love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets the thrillingly independent Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to…

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    Maalgudi Ka Printer

    R. K. Narayan

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    The Grandmother’s Tale and Selected Stories

    R. K. Narayan

    A collection of short stories from R.K. Narayan, spanning five decades. Characters include a storyteller whose magical source of tales dries up, and a love-stricken husband who is told by…

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    Imaging Malgudi: R K Narayan’s Fictive Town and its People

    Harsharan Singh Ahluwalia

    R.K. Narayan (1906-2001) is one of the most influential and respected Indian writers. This book is a critical study of Narayan’s novels of the common people, their aspirations and struggles…

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    The Vendor Of Sweets

    NARAYAN, R. K.,R. K. Narayan

    A widower of Gandhian principles, Jagan harbours affection for his son Mali. Yet even Jagan’s patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the city of Malgudi full of modern…

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    The Painter of Signs

    R. K. Narayan

    Presents a story in which love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets the thrillingly independent Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to the…

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    A Tiger for Malgudi and the Man-Eater of Malgudi

    R. K. Narayan

    Two comic gems from the father of modern Indian fiction- available in one volume for the first time

    These two novels show R. K. Narayan at his best, offering enchanting…

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    The Mahabharata

    R K Narayan

    Originally published 1978 by the Viking Press.

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    Waiting for the Mahatma. –

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

    This work is in the public…

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