THE VERY BEST OF R .K.NARAYAN TIMELESS MALGUDI

Over a career spanning seven decades R.K. Narayan easily one of the most influential and important writers of India populated the fictional town of Malgudi with a host of unforgettable characters: Swami and his gang of friends the Talkative Man Raju the guide and Sampath the printer among many others. These characters have carved out a place for themselves in popular imagination and live on still fresh and endlessly entertaining many decades after they first appeared.Timeless Malgudi brings together a selection of the best and the most enduring of R.K. Narayans fiction and nonfiction. The Guide examines with wit and irony how a man becomes a godman. The story A Horse and Two Goats describes an attempt at crosscultural communication which goes haywire with hilarious consequences. The excerpt from My Days Narayans autobiography paints a poignant picture of the authors childhood while the Misguided Guide is a cynical sharply written chronicle of the making of the film Guide based on his novel. Also included in this volume are excerpts from the travelogue My Dateless Diary and a brilliant retelling of the Tamil epic Silappadikaram.Catering both to Narayan aficionados and to readers who have not yet been introduced to his work Timeless Malgudi is as much a showcase of Narayans writing as it is a celebration of Malgudi the town which time does not touch.