My Dateless Diary

At the age of fifty when most people have settled for the safety of routine R. K. Narayan left India for the first time to travel through America. In this account of his journey the writer's pen unerringly captures the clamour and energy of New York city the friendliness of the West Coast the wealth and insularity of the Mid-West the magnificence of the Grand Canyon...Threading their way through the narrative are a host of delightful characters-from celebrities like Greta Garbo Aldous Huxley Martha Graham Cartier Bresson Milton Singer Edward G. Robinson and Ravi Shankar to the anonymous business tycoon on the train who dismissed the writer when he discovered Narayan had nothing to do with India's steel industry. As a bonus there are wry snapshots of those small but essential aspects of American life-muggers fast food restaurants instant gurus subway commuters TV advertisements and American football. An entrancing and compelling travelogue about an endlessly fascinating land. About the Author R.K. Narayan is one of the most prominent Indian novelists of the twentieth century. Born in 1906 Narayan was the recipient of the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy India's highest literary honor. His numerous works Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi Swami and Friends Waiting for Mahatma and Gods Demons and Others all published by the University of Chicago Press.