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Cover: 9780749397319 | The Grandmothers Tale | R K Narayan | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 1994
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The Grandmothers Tale
Taschenbuch von R K Narayan
Sprache: Englisch

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'In the title story of this collection of marvellous stories the narrator a novelist sits at the elbow of his grandmother as she tells of how her mother betrothed at seven years old had to pursue her runaway "husband" halfway across the [...] "Guru" a corrupt grasping official gets his comeuppance not so much because he is crooked but because he fails to honour a financial pledge made to his [...] "Salt and Sawdust" when a young woman embarks on a career as a novelist the characters are again made to tread the commercial fault lines between cordiality and aloofness ... From such nerve endings are the making of humour sadness wisdom and joy' Observer

'Narayan the creator of the imaginary small town of Malgudi is undoubtedly the most brilliant exponent of the fiction as well as the friction of intimacy ... Anthony Burgess has compared him to [...] might also compare him with those other masters of small worlds John McGahern and Isaac [...] there is argument over his literary allegiances is proof of the universality of his intelligent charm' Sunday Times

'A storyteller of a high order ... It is as wise as it is funny' Daily Telegraph

'Irresistibly readable' The Herald
'In the title story of this collection of marvellous stories the narrator a novelist sits at the elbow of his grandmother as she tells of how her mother betrothed at seven years old had to pursue her runaway "husband" halfway across the [...] "Guru" a corrupt grasping official gets his comeuppance not so much because he is crooked but because he fails to honour a financial pledge made to his [...] "Salt and Sawdust" when a young woman embarks on a career as a novelist the characters are again made to tread the commercial fault lines between cordiality and aloofness ... From such nerve endings are the making of humour sadness wisdom and joy' Observer

'Narayan the creator of the imaginary small town of Malgudi is undoubtedly the most brilliant exponent of the fiction as well as the friction of intimacy ... Anthony Burgess has compared him to [...] might also compare him with those other masters of small worlds John McGahern and Isaac [...] there is argument over his literary allegiances is proof of the universality of his intelligent charm' Sunday Times

'A storyteller of a high order ... It is as wise as it is funny' Daily Telegraph

'Irresistibly readable' The Herald
Über den Autor
R K Narayan's writing spans the greatest period of change in modern Indian history, from the days of the Raj - Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937) and The English Teacher (1945) - to recent years of political unrest - The Painter of Signs (1976), A Tiger for Malgudi (1983), and Talkative Man (1987). He has published numerous collections of short stories, including Malgudi Days (1982), and Under the Banyan Tree (1985), and several works of non-fiction.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780749397319
ISBN-10: 0749397314
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Narayan, R K
Hersteller: Vintage
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 8 mm
Von/Mit: R K Narayan
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.08.1994
Gewicht: 0,162 kg
Artikel-ID: 131811811
Über den Autor
R K Narayan's writing spans the greatest period of change in modern Indian history, from the days of the Raj - Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937) and The English Teacher (1945) - to recent years of political unrest - The Painter of Signs (1976), A Tiger for Malgudi (1983), and Talkative Man (1987). He has published numerous collections of short stories, including Malgudi Days (1982), and Under the Banyan Tree (1985), and several works of non-fiction.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780749397319
ISBN-10: 0749397314
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Narayan, R K
Hersteller: Vintage
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 8 mm
Von/Mit: R K Narayan
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.08.1994
Gewicht: 0,162 kg
Artikel-ID: 131811811
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