Malgudi Days - Couverture souple

Narayan, R. K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8185986177 ISBN 13 : 9788185986173

Editeur : Indian Thought Publications, 1982

Synopsis

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." 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.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Narayan was born in in 1906 in Madras, South India. He is best-known for his vivid fictional recreation of urban India in the Malgudi series of novels. His 1958 novel The Guide won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country's highest literary honour. In 1980 he was awarded the A.C. Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature and in 1981 he was made an Honourary Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He died in 2001.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indian Thought Publications
• Date d'édition: 1982
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8185986177
• ISBN 13: 9788185986173
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 247
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• Personne responsable: non disponible