The Guide

Langue : anglais

Edité par Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, UK, 1958

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The First UK printing published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London in 1958. 8vo., black publisher's boards lettered in silver to spine with red peacock device and publisher's name to the foot; together in the striking wrapper by Pat Marriott (15s. net); The BOOK a wonderful copy, very lightly offset to endpapers but otherwise near Fine; The WRAPPER Is in Very Good++ or better condition being clean and bright with some toning to the folds, spine and lower panel. A couple of light splashes to the rear panel, and some small losses to the spine ends and the base of the rear fold. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The Indian writer Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami (1906 - 2001) was an avid reader from a young age, and published his first novel, Swami and Friends, in 1930. Rejected by a swathe of publishers, Narayan finally found recognition after his manuscript was discovered by Graham Greene, and Greene continued to support Narayan with his early writing, including for his second novel, The Bachelor of Arts (1937). By the time 'The Guide' was published in 1958, Narayan's works were being published in the USA, and in fact the book was written while he was travelling throughout America, writing up to 1500 words per day. It was also around this time that Narayan travelled to England to meet Greene, his mentor and fierce advocate, for the first and only time. Set, like most of his works, in the fictional town of Malgudi (which appeared in his first novel and portrayed a microcosm of India), the book has been described as "the most representative of Narayan's writing skills and elements, ambivalent in expression, coupled with a riddle-like conclusion" (Mathur, 1993). The plot follows the protagonist, 'Railway Raju' through his beginnings as a tour guide, through his journey falling in love with a dancer, and later his life as a spiritual guide, a sadhu, living in a deserted temple and solving the problems of the local villagers - including disputes and famines. The book later won the first Sahitya Akademi Award for English, by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, in 1960. This first edition is wonderfully accompanied by the pictorial wrapper featuring an image of the aforementioned dancer by Pat Marriott, the British artist and book illustrator best known for her thirty-year collaboration with author Joan Aiken. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. …

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
The Guide
Auteur
Narayan, R. K.
Éditeur
Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, UK
Année de publication
1958
État de l'article
Bon
Jaquette
Assez bon
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
Illustrateur
Marriott, Pat (wrapper artwork)
Édition
Edition originale
Impression
1er tirage

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