Waiting for the Mahatma - Hardcover
"R.K. Narayan . . . has been compared to Gogol in England, where he has acquired a well-deserved reputation. The comparison is apt, for Narayan, an Indian, is a writer of Gogol's stature, with the same gift for creating a provincial atmosphere in a time of change. . . . One is convincingly involved in this alien world without ever being aware of the technical devices Narayan so brilliantly employs."--Anthony West, The New Yorker
"The experience of reading one of his novels is . . . comparable to one's first reaction to the great Russian novels: the fresh realization of the common humanity of all peoples, underlain by a simultaneous sense of strangeness--like one's own reflection seen in a green twilight."--Margaret Parton, New Herald Tribune Book Review
"The hardest of all things for a novelist to communicate is the extraordinary ordinariness of most human happiness. . . . Jane Austen, Soseki, Chekhov: a few bring it off. Narayan is one of them."--Francis King, Spectator
"The novels of R.K. Narayan are the best I have read in any language for a long time."--Amit Roy, Daily Telegraph
"The experience of reading one of his novels is . . . comparable to one's first reaction to the great Russian novels: the fresh realization of the common humanity of all peoples, underlain by a simultaneous sense of strangeness--like one's own reflection seen in a green twilight."--Margaret Parton, New Herald Tribune Book Review
"The hardest of all things for a novelist to communicate is the extraordinary ordinariness of most human happiness. . . . Jane Austen, Soseki, Chekhov: a few bring it off. Narayan is one of them."--Francis King, Spectator
"The novels of R.K. Narayan are the best I have read in any language for a long time."--Amit Roy, Daily Telegraph
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R. K. Narayan (1906 2001) was one of the most prominent Indian novelists of the twentieth century. Most of his stories are set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi, a place that Narayan populated with numerous characters. He was the recipient of many awards for his work including the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, India's highest literary honor. In 1980 he was awarded the AC Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature, of which he was an honorary member and in 1982 he was elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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- PublisherMichigan State Univ Pr
- Publication date1955
- ISBN 10 0870130129
- ISBN 13 9780870130120
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages241
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Wear/tear to jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Clean, unmarked pages. vii, 241 p., 21 cm. Waiting for the Mahatma is the story of Gandhi's young disciples, who fall in love but are forbidden by the Mahatma to marry in haste. The story starts out in Mr. Narayan's beloved, make believe town of Malgudi, South India. Here a young man, who has recently come into his inheritance, catches sight of a beautiful and fragile young lady collection contributions to support the Mahatma's work. The young man falls in love, in the time-honored manner, 'at first sight.'" - Michigan State University Press. Seller Inventory # 2307070028
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