My Days: A Memoir - Brossura

Narayan, R K

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ISBN 10: 1447219260 ISBN 13: 9781447219262

Casa editrice: Picador, 2012

Riassunto

My Days is the only memoir from R.K. Narayan, one of the twentieth century's most important writers in the English language. This edition includes a foreword by John Updike. In the wryly funny style that has made him famous, R.K. Narayan shares his life story, beginning in his grandmother's garden in Madras with a ferocious pet peacock. As a young boy with no interest in school he trains grasshoppers and scouts and then, against the advice of all, especially his commanding headmaster father, the dreaming Narayan begins to write fiction. When one of his pieces is accepted by Punch magazine, what he describes as his 'first prestige publication', his life becomes gradually filled with bumbling British diplomats, strange movie moguls, evasive Indian officials and 'the blind urge' to fall in love. Like his fiction R.K. Narayan's memoirs are acutely perceptive of the human condition, often brilliantly funny and always forgiving.

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Descrizione del libro

With a foreword by John Updike

L'autore

R K Narayan (1906-2001) is the author of more than 15 novels. He is widely recognized as one of India’s most eminent novelists.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1447219260
• ISBN 13: 9781447219262
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 193
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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