Malgudi days
About this book
Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story.” Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience. This edition includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize- winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.
Subjects
- 823/.912
- city and town life
- city and town life--fiction
- classics
- fiction
- fiction, general
- hindi short stories
- india
- india, fiction
- indian literature
- malgudi (india : imaginary place)
- malgudi (india : imaginary place)--fiction
- pr9499.3.n3 m34 2006
- shot stories
- social life and customs