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R. K. Narayan (Hardcover)
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R. K. Narayan (Hardcover)
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R.K. Narayan's reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian
writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of
his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels.
Arguing against views that have seen Narayan as a chronicler of
"authentic" Indianness, John Thieme locates his fiction in terms of
its specific South Indian contexts and cultural geography and its
non-Indian intertexts. The study also considers the effect that
Narayan's writing for overseas publication had on novels such as
Swami and Friends, The Guide and The Man-Eater of Malgudi.
Narayan's imaginary small town of Malgudi has often been seen as a
metonym for India. Thieme draws on recent thinking about the ways
in which place and space are constructed to demonstrate that
Malgudi is always a fractured and transitional site, an interface
between older conceptions of Indianness and contemporary views that
stress the ubiquitousness and inescapability of change in the face
of modernity. The study also shows that Malgudi is seen from
varying angles of vision and with shifting emphases at different
points in Narayan's career. As well as offering fresh insights into
the influences that went into the making of Narayan's fiction, this
is the most wide-ranging and authoritative guide to his novels to
have appeared to date. It provides a unique account of his
development as a writer. -- .
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