Vendor of Sweets - Softcover
The apple of his eye is his son Mali, for whom he feels a deep but absurdly embarrassed affection, which appears to go unrequited. When Mali coolly announces that he is abandoning school to go to America to become a writer, Jagan's fatherly feelings are thrown into still greater confusion. And when, a year or two later, Mali returns with a half-Korean, half-American wife and a grandiose scheme for marketing a novel-writing machine, Jagan is utterly at sea. He is confronted by the new world shockingly personified - a world where his cherished notions of marriage and morals seem to count for nothing. The tragicomic clash of the generations deepens with every chapter. Jagan's final escape from the galling chains of paternal love comes as unexpectedly as every other twist in this delicious story.
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R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), born and educated in India, was the author of fourteen novels, numerous short stories and essays, a memoir, and three retold myths. His work, championed by Graham Greene, who became a close friend, was often compared to that of Dickens, Chekhov, Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor, among others. October 10, 2006, is the centennial of Narayan's birth.
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- PublisherAvon Books
- Publication date1971
- ISBN 10 0380014580
- ISBN 13 9780380014583
- BindingPaperback
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Vendor of Sweets Narayan, R. K.
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ISBN 13: 9780380014583
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition with some spine creasing. Few instances of underlining. No ISBN. First printing, Bard edition. February 1971. Avon YQ22 1.45. Seller Inventory # SDR142-VQ080119-6
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