Waiting for the Mahatma

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext The first that indolent young Sriram knows about Mahatma Ghandi's visit to Malgudi is when a collection box is waved beneath his nose by the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Yet that is how Sriram leaves Malgudi to become a passionate apostle of the Quit India campaign - only to find his convictions tested by the rigours of a prison cell. Zusammenfassung The first that indolent young Sriram knows about Mahatma Ghandi's visit to Malgudi is when a collection box is waved beneath his nose by the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. The vision's name is Bharato. Capable and quick-witted, her scorn for her gauche but ardent admirer is almost equal to her devotion to the Mahatma. Yet that is how Sriram leaves Malgudi to become a passionate apostle of the Quit India campaign - only to find his convictions tested by the rigours of a prison cell.

Product details

• Authors: R K Narayan, R. K. Narayan
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2000
• EAN: 9780099282266
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928226-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, India, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1940 to c 1949, FICTION / World Literature / India / 20th Century