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Imprint: Orient Paperbacks
Publication Date: 01 Mar, 2010
Pages Count: 208 Pages
Weight: 200.00 Grams
Dimensions: 5.00 x 8.00 Inches
Series: Library of South Asian Literature
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About the Book:
Natraj is the likable owner of a print shop, a man with no enemies. His placid life is overturned when Vasu, a powerful taxidermist and a big blustering bully, moves into the attic above his shop; with him come stuffed hyenas, pythons, tigers and a retinue of dancing girls.
When in search for a bigger game Vasu threatens the life of the temple elephant, the simple and timid print shop owner turns street-smart, becomes less of a pushover and is ready to take on the big bully...
A sizzling temple dancer, Rangi, and Natraj's personal assistant Sastri, add to the novel's unique charm and delightfully wicked humour.
'Narayan is a first-rate story-teller, and this (book) is one of the most successful efforts... it cracks the whole of life wide open.'
'Pungent as a Madras Curry, The Man-Eater of Malgudi makes a most rich and satisfying mixture. Hilarity and high seriousness are rarely yoked together in partnership as effectively as they are in this book... Mr. Narayan's writing is limpid and beautifully unforced...'
'R K Narayan's Malgudi is a metaphor, not of India, but of the world.'
R K Narayan (1906-2001) is widely regarded as one of India's most distinguished English language novelists ever. His books have been published in India, USA and UK and also been widely translated into several Indian and European languages.
Narayan was born in Madras in South India and educated in Mysore which became his home for over half-century.
During the course of his literary career, R K Narayan won numerous awards. In 1958, he won the Sahitya Akademi Award, India's highest literary honour for his novel, The Guide. In 2000, a year before his death, he was awarded India's second highest civilian homour, the Padma Vibhushan.