Swami And Friends, the Bachelor of Arts, the Dark Room, the English Teacher

from William345

Swami and FriendsI'm not sure what I expected when I decided to read Narayan, but what I got was not it. What I got was a masterfully rendered little story of a boy and his friends in rural southern India in the 1920s. It possesses the kind of narrative pleasure that one comes across only rarely....

from JVioland

Interesting books from the perspective of a native living under benign occupation. The reader comes to be immersed in the Indian culture, is acquainted with snakes, and foods, and music, and color, and ethics, and beliefs, and humidity... I could go on and on. I came aware with an appreciation of...

from Brasidas

SWAMI AND FRIENDS: I'm not sure what I expected when I decided to read Narayan, but what I got was not it. What I got was a masterfully rendered little story of a boy and his friends in rural southern India in the 1920s. It possesses the kind of narrative pleasure that one comes across only rarel...

from Brasidas

SWAMI AND FRIENDS: I'm not sure what I expected when I decided to read Narayan, but what I got was not it. What I got was a masterfully rendered little story of a boy and his friends in rural southern India in the 1920s. It possesses the kind of narrative pleasure that one comes across only rarel...