4 books by R.K. Narayan
Requirements: epub reader, 2.73 MB Retail
Overview: R. K. Narayan is among the best known and most widely read Indian novelists writing in English.
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.
Genre: Classic Fiction
The Painter of Signs:
For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid-and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fictional city of Malgudi,The Painter of Signsis a wry, bittersweet treasure.
The English Teacher:
The cool dwells on the life of Krishnan-- an English professor in the small town of Malgudi. Krishnan is a happily married with Sushila and the couple have a daughter. The book portrays the extraordinary ordinariness of human life, with the tinge of a scholarly touch of the master-storyteller. However things take a steep turn and the paradise of the English teacher was short lived. Sushila passes away suddenly suffering from typhoid leaving behind Krishnan and her little daughter.
The complexity of life and the remorse of losing a loved one form the next part of the Story. The author poignantly highlights the adaptability of human nature as Krishnan takes up a dual role of a mother and a father to his daughter, the incessant grief which always reigns in his heart for Sushila. The letter of his wife to him from heaven through a friend is another dimension--- the connection between this world and the world beyond.
The Dark Room:
Set in the fictitious yet famous town of Malgudi, ‘The Dark Room‘ is the story of two women who have but one aspect common between them – they both depend on a man for survival.
Savitri, as the name suggests, is a dutiful, conforming housewife who has never had the freedom to educate herself. In a fiercely patriarchal society, her submissive behaviour quite naturally makes her the victim of her husband, Ramani’s varying whims, fancies, insults and criticisms. She somehow manages to survive within the four walls of her home until the day her husband starts to spend his nights with Shanta bai.
Shanta bai, an attractive, rebellious and intimidating woman is hired by Ramani as an insurance probationer in his company. Being the only woman employee of Ramani’s company, her character would have been quite admirable if only she had proved herself at work and not made it her business to ensnare Ramani in her beauteous charms.
Savitri confines herself to a dark room and tries various other methods of winning her husband back, but Ramani pays her no heed. Frustrated with her life of dependence, Savitri attempts suicide but is saved. Though ‘a part of her is dead’, for having accepted defeat, she ceases to be the subservient ‘Savitri’ that she used to be.
A story as relevant today as it was way back when it was first published in 1956, it certainly makes for a thought-provoking read. It reflects the unfair conservatism of a patriarchal society. Delicately woven around flat characters, and interspersed with short bursts of humor ‘The Dark Room’ accurately describes the typical reality of that time’s orthodox Chennai household. Written in a simple, lucid language, a tale so moving and yet so real, could have only been authored by RK Narayan.
Grandmother's Tales & Other Stories: A young boy has been sent to live with his industrious grandmother after his mother has her fourth child. The boy, our somewhat skeptical narrator, fidgets under his grandmother's strict regime until he becomes deeply involved, as do we, in the tale she slowly tells about her grandmother's unusual life.
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Requirements: epub reader, 2.73 MB Retail
Overview: R. K. Narayan is among the best known and most widely read Indian novelists writing in English.
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.
Genre: Classic Fiction
The Painter of Signs:
For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid-and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fictional city of Malgudi,The Painter of Signsis a wry, bittersweet treasure.
The English Teacher:
The cool dwells on the life of Krishnan-- an English professor in the small town of Malgudi. Krishnan is a happily married with Sushila and the couple have a daughter. The book portrays the extraordinary ordinariness of human life, with the tinge of a scholarly touch of the master-storyteller. However things take a steep turn and the paradise of the English teacher was short lived. Sushila passes away suddenly suffering from typhoid leaving behind Krishnan and her little daughter.
The complexity of life and the remorse of losing a loved one form the next part of the Story. The author poignantly highlights the adaptability of human nature as Krishnan takes up a dual role of a mother and a father to his daughter, the incessant grief which always reigns in his heart for Sushila. The letter of his wife to him from heaven through a friend is another dimension--- the connection between this world and the world beyond.
The Dark Room:
Set in the fictitious yet famous town of Malgudi, ‘The Dark Room‘ is the story of two women who have but one aspect common between them – they both depend on a man for survival.
Savitri, as the name suggests, is a dutiful, conforming housewife who has never had the freedom to educate herself. In a fiercely patriarchal society, her submissive behaviour quite naturally makes her the victim of her husband, Ramani’s varying whims, fancies, insults and criticisms. She somehow manages to survive within the four walls of her home until the day her husband starts to spend his nights with Shanta bai.
Shanta bai, an attractive, rebellious and intimidating woman is hired by Ramani as an insurance probationer in his company. Being the only woman employee of Ramani’s company, her character would have been quite admirable if only she had proved herself at work and not made it her business to ensnare Ramani in her beauteous charms.
Savitri confines herself to a dark room and tries various other methods of winning her husband back, but Ramani pays her no heed. Frustrated with her life of dependence, Savitri attempts suicide but is saved. Though ‘a part of her is dead’, for having accepted defeat, she ceases to be the subservient ‘Savitri’ that she used to be.
A story as relevant today as it was way back when it was first published in 1956, it certainly makes for a thought-provoking read. It reflects the unfair conservatism of a patriarchal society. Delicately woven around flat characters, and interspersed with short bursts of humor ‘The Dark Room’ accurately describes the typical reality of that time’s orthodox Chennai household. Written in a simple, lucid language, a tale so moving and yet so real, could have only been authored by RK Narayan.
Grandmother's Tales & Other Stories: A young boy has been sent to live with his industrious grandmother after his mother has her fourth child. The boy, our somewhat skeptical narrator, fidgets under his grandmother's strict regime until he becomes deeply involved, as do we, in the tale she slowly tells about her grandmother's unusual life.
Download Instructions:
http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/6SRHYhNg/file.html
http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/MHPGUJ36/RKN4bks_0.rar_links