false 18724 7 For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid&#151;and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fictional city of Malgudi, <I>The Painter of Signs</I> is a wry, bittersweet treasure. 854994 book 1976 The Painter of Signs (Penguin Classics) total:130|5:27|4:38|3:52|2:13|1:0| 130 469 180 3 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 15:26:33 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 08:51:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 04:18:45 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 04:19:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 18 01:11:17 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 01:14:47 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:44:39 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:44:39 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 02:12:51 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 02:12:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 21:09:17 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 21:09:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 21 10:11:09 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 10:11:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 07:45:49 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 07:45:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:48:04 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 00:48:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 04:25:33 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 04:25:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 12:10:33 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 12:10:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 23 23:02:36 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 23:02:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 04:50:51 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 20 08:49:20 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 04:50:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 19 12:26:09 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 12:26:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 13:37:21 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 13:37:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:11:16 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 00:11:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 08:04:43 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 08:05:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 28 16:59:12 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 16:59:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 21:16:54 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 00:25:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 13 02:59:24 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 02:59:24 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18724