Writer's Nightmare

The pick of thirty years of essays from R.K. Narayan India’s greatest English language novelist. R.K. Narayan is perhaps better known as a novelist but his essays are as delightful and enchanting as his stories and novels. Introducing this selection of essays Narayan writes ‘I have always been drawn to the personal essay in which you see something of the author himself apart from the theme. The scope for such a composition is unlimited-the mood may be somber hilarious or satirical and the theme may range from what the author notices from his window to what he sees in his waste-paper basket to a world cataclysm.’ A Writer’s Nightmare is the marvelous result of Narayan likes for the personal essay. In the book he tackles subjects such as weddings mathematics coffee umbrellas teachers newspapers architecture monkeys the caste system lovers-all sorts of topics simple and not so simple which reveal the very essence of India. 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.