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Brimming with RK Narayan's simplistic style of writing, with every story ending somewhat expectedly, but nevertheless leaving the reader with a sense of contentment.
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This was an interesteing short story which can be analyzed on many aspects. The cultural clash is dominant. The American seems a bit snobbish with his fancy clothes and ignorant attitude, a stereotype of an American. He thinks he can buy everything for money, which in a way is quite funny.
The Indian though is quite sad. He's a sterotype as well, old, poor and uneducated, but full of wisdom and spirutuality.
We can also see the clash between materialism and spirutualism. Where the Amercian only t ...more
The Indian though is quite sad. He's a sterotype as well, old, poor and uneducated, but full of wisdom and spirutuality.
We can also see the clash between materialism and spirutualism. Where the Amercian only t ...more
A humorous short about miscommunications and cultural differences.
A small collection of short stories. A Horse and two goats is the name of the first short story which depicts village life in a frank and humourous way. I really enjoyed the story telling and it helped me understand a little better Indian culture. The latter stories were not quite as enjoyable but again intrigued me. Narayan is an excellent story teller and writes in a humourous fashion.
This is the best story of Narayan. I think the characters are the main beauty of the story. Yes, there is this constant battle between the Western and the Oriental and that again is beautiful. So, must read.
I'm not really sure what just happened. I think I enjoyed it but I'll have a better opinion on it after my class on it. It was easy enough to read when I wasn't confused as to who is speaking or what was happening. I really liked the ending though.
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*4.5
This short story made me laugh dozens of times. It mainly revolves around the misunderstandings of two persons conversation who cannot understand each other because they cannot speak the language the other speaks and that leads to... KA-BOOM!!! A scandal!!!😂😂😂
This short story made me laugh dozens of times. It mainly revolves around the misunderstandings of two persons conversation who cannot understand each other because they cannot speak the language the other speaks and that leads to... KA-BOOM!!! A scandal!!!😂😂😂
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really good!
delightfully enlightening monotony of life in a village
R.K.Narayan is irreplaceable when it comes to short story-telling.
Great collection of short stories pertinent to common village life but touching deep within the heart.
It is a story of both humor and satire.
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R. K. Narayan is among the best known and most widely read Indian novelists who wrote in English.
R.K. Narayan was born in Madras, South India, in 1906, and educated there and at Maharaja's College in Mysore. His first novel, Swami and Friends and its successor, The Bachelor of Arts, are both set in the enchanting fictional territory of Malgudi and are only two out of the twelve novels he based the ...more
R.K. Narayan was born in Madras, South India, in 1906, and educated there and at Maharaja's College in Mysore. His first novel, Swami and Friends and its successor, The Bachelor of Arts, are both set in the enchanting fictional territory of Malgudi and are only two out of the twelve novels he based the ...more
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