Swami and Friends, the Bachelor of Arts, the Dark Room, the English Teacher: Introduction by Alexander McCall Smith

by R.K. Narayan

Book Overview

R. K. Narayan (1906--2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. The four novels collected here, all written during British rule, bring colonial India into intimate focus through the narrative gifts of this master of literary realism.

Swami and Friends introduces us to Narayan's beloved fictional town of Malgudi, where ten-year-old Swaminathan's excitement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400044766
• ISBN13: 9781400044764
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.3" x 8.3"