The Guide - Couverture rigide

Narayan, R. K.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0370014391 ISBN 13 : 9780370014395

Editeur : The Bodley Head Ltd, 1970

Synopsis

Reissue. Very good condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents with a very light tone to page ends

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

R.K. Narayan was born in Madras, South India, in 1906, and educated there and at Maharaja's College in Mysore. His first novel, Swami and Friends and its successor, The Bachelor of Arts, are both set in the enchanting fictional territory of Malgudi and are only two out of the twelve novels he based there. In 1958 Narayan's work The Guide won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country's highest literary honor. In addition to his novels, Narayan has authored five collections of short stories, including A Horse and Two Goats, Malguidi Days, and Under the Banyan Tree, two travel books, two volumes of essays, a volume of memoirs, and the re-told legends Gods, Demons and Others, The Ramayana, and the Mahabharata. In 1980 he was awarded the A.C. Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature and in 1982 he was made an Honorary Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Narayan died in 2001.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 guide - but now a peasant mistakes him for a holy man. Gradually, almost grudgingly, he begins to play the part. He succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju's new holiness to the test.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Bodley Head Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1970
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0370014391
• ISBN 13: 9780370014395
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible