Malgudi Days
Ratings12
Average rating4.3
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Ratings12
Average rating4.3
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.” Composed of 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, revealing the essence of India and of human experience. This edition includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize- winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.
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It is a refreshing book. Though when I got it, I thought I was reading the Malgudi Days (of TV fame) but it is actually a collection of short stories. The novel which TV serial was based on is a trilogy starting with “Swami and Friends”
My next book I suppose.
The short stories are good. Most of the characters are from Narayan's other books (ex: Swami, Raman, Daisy, Boardless Hotel etc)
