R.K. Narayan
Paperback | Pages: 190 pages Rating: 4.22 | 10192 Users | 369 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Swami and Friends |
| ISBN: | 0226568318 (ISBN13: 9780226568317) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Malgudi(India) |
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"There are writers—Tolstoy and Henry James to name two—whom we hold in awe, writers—Turgenev and Chekhov—for whom we feel a personal affection, other writers whom we respect—Conrad for example—but who hold us at a long arm's length with their 'courtly foreign grace.' Narayan (whom I don't hesitate to name in such a context) more than any of them wakes in me a spring of gratitude, for he has offered me a second home. Without him I could never have known what it is like to be Indian."—Graham Greene Offering rare insight into the complexities of Indian middle-class society, R. K. Narayan traces life in the fictional town of Malgudi. The Dark Room is a searching look at a difficult marriage and a woman who eventually rebels against the demands of being a good and obedient wife. In Mr. Sampath, a newspaper man tries to keep his paper afloat in the face of social and economic changes sweeping India. Narayan writes of youth and young adulthood in the semiautobiographical Swami and Friends and The Bachelor of Arts. Although the ordinary tensions of maturing are heightened by the particular circumstances of pre-partition India, Narayan provides a universal vision of childhood, early love and grief. "The experience of reading one of his novels is . . . comparable to one's first reaction to the great Russian novels: the fresh realization of the common humanity of all peoples, underlain by a simultaneous sense of strangeness—like one's own reflection seen in a green twilight."—Margaret Parton, New York Herald Tribune "The novels of R.K. Narayan are the best I have read in any language for a long time. . . . His work gives the conviction that it is possible to capture in English, a language not born of India, the distinctive characteristics of Indian family life."—Amit Roy, Daily TelegraphPoint Appertaining To Books Swami and Friends
| Title | : | Swami and Friends |
| Author | : | R.K. Narayan |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 190 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 1994 by University Of Chicago Press (first published 1935) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Classics. Humor |
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Ratings: 4.22 From 10192 Users | 369 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books Swami and Friends
In fact, I enjoyed reading all of the 19 Chapters in the first Narayan novel since I'd never read him before. It's one of the novels published in the Everyman's Library series and I couldn't help admiring him as well as his writing style, narrative and sense of humour to the extent that I could visualize how the rural Indians lived in the remote country nearly similar to my rural Thailand some 55 years ago.I'm sorry I don't have the Everyman's Library hardcover nearby, therefore, I can't writeI have heard many things about R.K Narayan . I am ashamed to say that I have not read a single book of his till now, him being such a renowned writer not to mention the fact that he was an Indian. I saw his books at a book fair recently.At first , I was hesitant to buy his books ,but then my dad compelled me ,So I ended up buying two of his books .Better late than never.The story is about Swami,Mani and Rajam who were foes at first but then went on to become great friends .What I like most in
Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by RK Narayan, a celebrated English novelist from India. The novel, which is also Narayan's first, is set in pre-independence days in India, in a fictional town - Malgudi, which has almost become a real place in India today, due to the wide recognition and popularity of Narayan's many novels. His novels are known for their 'deftly etched characters, his uniquely stylized language and his wry sense of humor'.Swami and Friends is the
If I would want to truly visit a fictional town in this world ,it should be malgudi. Looks like this town has got everything in it what India could offer during it's imperial British reign.There is no greater creativeness than an book by an author who writes so elusively and enchantingly narrated in a ten year kid's perspective. If John Boyne gave us the finest Holocaust story through his book 'The boy in the Striped pajamas' narrated in a completely child's perspective, R.K Narayan didn't seem
I'm someone who has a special corner in her heart for children book. This book is also like that. This kind of books are stress buster and makes you feel better
Outstanding book by RK Narayan, truly one of India's greatest writers. Set in the small town of Malgudi, the book is a narration of the tribulatoins of childhood as well as a description of the culture and context of pre-independence India seen through a child's eyes.Excellent description, great sense of humour and the child's blithe spirit pervades the whole book, bringing you alternately to laughter, joy and vexation. The young boy trying to be a man, buckling under peer pressure, close
Such a good book to read. By reading this book , I went back to feel my own childhood days and rejoiced it. The letter wrote by swami and rajam to the sports store in madras is a wonderful read. I could still visualise those words gripping my mind to enjoy their tenderness. When Swami was whipped with cane by his headmaster, I revived how I had the same beatings from my Chemistry master Tamil Raj.Thank god, I never had the guts to pull the cane from his hand and to run out of the school. The
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