Malgudi days

Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan

earliest edition we have, 1982 Penguin Books, 2006 264 pages

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Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story.” Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience. This edition...

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Malgudi days edition · 2006 · Penguin Books · 264 pages · 9780143039655
Mālaguḍī ḍeza edition · 2003 · Sāhitya Candrikā Prakāśana · 152 pages
Malgudi days. edition · 1988 · Saraswati Vihar
Malgudi days edition · 1984 · Penguin Books · 254 pages
Malgudi days edition · 1982 · Viking Press · 246 pages
Malgudi days edition · 1982 · Heinemann · 246 pages

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