R. K. Narayan

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Tennessee

An eleven foot tiger's former careers as circus performer, film star, and maneater have not prepared him to become the disciple of the holy man, Master.

A Tiger for Malgudi

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Stains and sticker residue on back cover, bends and peeling on edges. Pink stains on page edge

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

This novel completes the informal trilogy which began with Swami and Friends and The Bachelor of Arts. The protagonist, Krishna, is an English teacher at the same college he had attended as a student. Although Krishna has recently married, his wife Susila and their daughter live with his parents-in-law some miles away. The story opens with his immediate family deciding to join him in Malgudi. Krishna is initially frightened by his new state of affairs, but he soon finds that his love for both his wife and child grows deeper than he could have imagined.

"Mr. Narayan has repeatedly been compared with Chekhov. Ordinarily such comparisons are gratuitous and strained, but in this case there are such clear and insistent echoes that any careful reader will be aware of them. There is that sense of rightness which transcends mere structure. There is the inexplicable blending of tragedy and humor. Most of all, there is a brooding awareness of fate which makes the story seem not authored, but merely translated."—J.F. Muehl, Saturday Review

"[Narayan] does not deal in exemplary fates, and the Western novel's machinery of retribution is far too grandiose for him. . . . In Narayan's world, scores are not settled but dissolved, recycled, restated. 'Both of us will shed our forms soon and perhaps we could meet again, who knows? So goodbye for the present.' These are the concluding words for the novel A Tiger for Malgudi, but they constitute a universal epilogue one could append to most of Narayan's fiction."—Russell Davies, Times Literary Supplement

The English Teacher

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A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

A retelling of the Tamil epic poem which records Prince Rama's search for his abducted sweetheart, Sita

The Ramayana

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories

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California

Swami and friends

The Financial Expert 

Pankaj Mishra

Illinois

The Ramayana is, quite simply, the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling 'Almost every individual living in India,' writes R. K. Narayan in the Introduction to this new interpretation, 'is aware of the story of The Ramayana. Everyone of whatever age, outlook, education or station in life knows the essential part of the epic and adores the main figures in it - Rama and Sita. Every child is told the story at bedtime . . . The Ramayana pervades our cultural life.' Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki, probably around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless variant versions in different languages. Here, drawing his inspiration from the work of an eleventh-century Tamil poet called Kamban, Narayan has used the talents of a master novelist to recreate the excitement and joy he has found in the original. It can be enjoyed and appreciated, he suggests, for its psychological insight, its spiritual depth and its practical wisdom - or just as a thrilling tale of abduction, battle and courtship played out in a universe thronged with heroes, deities and demons.

Minnesota

Lightly annotated on a couple pages (book and annotations were for school)

Bought new. Slight tearing on front and back covers (see photos).

Indiana

Virginia

Lots of stickers, otherwise good condition. No writing or highlighting on the inside.

Texas

Has a bit of wear on the cover and a few annotations inside.

Idaho

New Jersey

Alexander McCall Smith

Some wear (see pictures) but generally good condition. 

Introduction by Alexander Mccall Smith

In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. The three novels brought together in this volume, all written after India's independence, are masterpieces of social comedy, rich in local color and abounding in affectionate humor and generosity of spirit.

Mr. Sampath-The Printer of Malgudi is the story of a businessman who adapts to the collapse of his weekly newspaper by shifting to screenplays, only to have the glamour of it all go to his head. In The Financial Expert, a man of many hopes but few resources spends his time under a banyan tree dispensing financial advice to those willing to pay for his knowledge. In Waiting for the Mahatma, a young drifter meets the most beautiful girl he has ever seen-an adherent of Mahatma Gandhi-and commits himself to Gandhi's Quit India campaign, a decision that will test the integrity of his ideals against the strength of his passions. As charming as they are compassionate, these novels provide an indelible portrait of India in the twentieth century.



Mr. Sampath-The Printer of Malgudi, the Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma

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Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan's centennial

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. 

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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The Ramayana

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The Ramayana

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The Ramayana

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R. K. Narayan

A Tiger for Malgudi

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R. K. Narayan

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R. K. Narayan

Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories

R. K. Narayan

Swami and friends

R. K. NARAYAN

The Financial Expert

R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

The Ramayana

R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

The Ramayana

R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

The Ramayana

R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

The Ramayana

R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

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R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

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R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

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R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

The Ramayana

R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

The Ramayana

R. K. Narayan; Pankaj Mishra

The Ramayana

R. K. Narayan; Alexander McCall Smith

Mr. Sampath-The Printer of Malgudi, the Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma

R. K. Narayan; Jhumpa Lahiri (Introduction by)

Malgudi Days