More Tales From Malgudi: Mr Sampath-The Printer of Malgudi,The Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma and The World of Nagaraj - Softcover

Narayan, R K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749394862 ISBN 13: 9780749394868

Publisher: Vintage, 1997

Synopsis

THE BOOK: This omnibus edition features four books from R. K. Narayan's famous series based in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi: The World of Nagaraj, Mr Sampath-Printer of Malgudi, Waiting for the Mahatma and The Financial Expert. Each of these novels demonstrates Narayan's rare talent and extraordinary gifts and are confirmed of his status as a major international writer.

About this title

Book Description:

KEY POINTS: * A companion volume to A Malgudi Omnibus which Minerva published in 1994 and features three other Malgudi novels. * A wonderful collection of novels gathered together in one stunning reader friendly volume. * Narayan has a wide fan base and is recognised as a major writer- a Nobel Prize candidate. * Published as part of the Indian Summer Promotion campaign. * 'The novelist I most admire in the English language' - Graham Green.

From the Back Cover:

This omnibus features four books from R.K. Narayan's famous series based in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi: Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi, The Financial Expert, Waiting for Mahatma and The World of Nagaraj.
'Narayan's genius...lies in his persuading us that the lives and characters of Malgudi represent substantial human nature, that what happens in India happens in Malgudi and what happens in Malgudi happens everywhere' Times Literary Supplement
'No writer is more deceptively casual, or less fussed about the Eternal Verities, or more unerring in arriving by delightful detours at his destination - which is seldom a terminus because life keeps bobbing on' Guardian
'One of the most charming masters of twentieth-century fiction' Allan Massie, Scotsman
'In his humour and compassion, Narayan comes close to being a twentieth-century Indian Chekhov' Sunday Telegraph
'The novelist I most admire in the English language' Graham Greene
'Narayan's humour and compassion come from a deep universal well with the result that he has transformed his imaginary township of Malgudi into a bubbling parish of the world' Observer

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0749394862
• ISBN 13: 9780749394868
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 864