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A Breath of Lucifer by R. K. Narayan
$5.00 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
Includes such tales as: "A Breath of Lucifer", "House Opposite", "The Watchman", "Another Community", "Like the Sun", "Uncle's Letters", "Fruition at Forty" and "Half a Rupee's Worth".
A Malgudi Omnibus: "Swami and Friends", "Bachelor of Arts", "English Teacher" by R. K. Narayan
$27.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Here are three of R. K. Narayan's most famous and best loved novels: Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher. All set in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi, these irresistible works provide the perfect introduction to a universal world of humour, sadness, wisdom and joy.
Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.
A collection of 32 stories in which the author portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappatis - all kinds of people, drawn in full colour and domestic detail. The imaginary city of Malgudi springs to life, revealing the essence of India and of human experience.
Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan
$16.99 AUD
Category: Classics
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'. "Malgudi Days" is the marvellous result. Here, Narayan portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappat ...Show more
The Abduction of Sita by R.K. Narayan
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics
A hero must save the woman he loves. Ravana, the Supreme Lord, has enslaved all the gods. Although he now rules the world, he cannot resist a beautiful woman. When he catches a glimpse of the princess Sita, he falls under her spell and steals her away. Her beloved husband, Rama, will do anything t ...Show more
The Guide: A Novel by R. K. Narayan
$24.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Raju's first stop after his release from prison is the barber's shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India's most corrupt tourist guide - but now a peasant mistakes him for a holy man. Gradually, almost grudgingly, he begins to play the part. He succeeds so well t ...Show more
The Painter of Signs by R.K. Narayan
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
In this wry, funny, bitter-sweet story, love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets the thrillingly independent Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to the city of Malgudi.
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian Epic by R. K. Narayan
$24.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The Ramayana is, quite simply, the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. 'Almost every individual living in India,' writes R. K. Narayan in the Introduction to this new interpretation, 'is aware of the story of The Ramayana. Everyone of whatever age, out ...Show more
The Vendor of Sweets by R. K. Narayan
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
While the colourful sweetmeats are frying in the kitchen, Jagan immerses himself in his copy of the Bhagavad Gita. A widower of firm Gandhian principles, Jagan nonetheless harbours a warm and embarrassed affection for his wastrel son Mali. Yet even Jagan's patience begins to fray when Mali descends on t ...Show more
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