Gods Demons and Others

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 Assuming the character of a wise village storyteller R K Narayan sits in the cool of an imaginary evening to recount the tales of the centuries.Taken from the Mahabharata the Ramayana and other Indian epics the gods and demons saints and sinners assume their symbolic and philosophical roles without ever losing their human characteristics. It is a measure of the author's achievement that he so subtly imbues them with his own distinctive wit and vision.This book is illustrated throughout by Narayan's brother R K Laxman with woodcuts based on temple carvings. Zusammenfassung Assuming the character of a wise village storyteller, R K Narayan sits in the cool of an imaginary evening to recount the tales of the centuries.Taken from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and other Indian epics, the gods and demons, saints and sinners assume their symbolic and philosophical roles without ever losing their human characteristics.

Product details

• Authors: R. K. Narayan, RK Narayan, R K Narayan
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 02.08.2001
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780099282532
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928253-2
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm
• Series: Vintage Classics; VINTAGE CLASSICS
• Subjects: Myths and Legends; Epic; FICTION / World Literature / India / 20th Century