Language | Kannada |
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No of pages | 316 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Total Kannada |
Published Date | 01 Jan 2010 |
R. K. Narayan was born in Madras, South India, and educated there and at Maharaja’s College in Mysore. His first novel Swami and Friends (1935) and its successor The Bachelor of Arts (1937) are both set in the enchanting fictional territory of Malgudi.
Other ‘Malgudi’ novels are The Dark Room (1938), The English Teacher (1945), Mr. Sampath (1949), The Financial Expert (1952), The Man Eater of Malgudi (1961), The Vendor of Sweets (1967), The Painter of Signs (1977), A Tiger for Malgudi (1983), and Talkative Man (1986).
His novel The Guide (1958) won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country’s highest literary honor.
He was awarded in 1980 the A.C. Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature and in 1981 he was made an Honorary Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
As well as five collections of short stories, A Horse and Two Goats, An Astrologer’s Day and Other Stories, Lawley Road, Under the Banyan Tree and Malgudi Days, he has published a travel book, The Emerald Route, three collections of essays, A Writer’s Nightmare, Next Sunday and Reluctant Guru, three books on the Indian epics, and a volume of memoirs. My Days.
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Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories written by R. K. Narayan. The stories are simple, with an edge of unique, gentle irony while portraying the fine nuances of Indian life. Malgudi is an imaginary town with characteristics that are universal in different ways. The characters in the stories are poignantly depicted, set in the backdrop of a day-to-day life in the town. There is an astrologer, a postman, a snake-charmer, and a vendor of pies among other people, all drawn in an endearing domestic detail. The stories were adapted as a TV series, directed by Shankar Nag.