R K Narayan

Broschiertes Buch

The English Teacher

Beschreibung

Krishna, an English teacher in the town of Malgudi, nagged by the feeling he's doing the wrong work, is nonetheless delighted by his domestic life, where his wife and young daughter wait for him outside the house every afternoon.

Autor

R K Narayan's writing spans the greatest period of change in modern Indian history, from the days of the Raj - Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937) and The English Teacher (1945) - to recent years of political unrest - The Painter of Signs (1976), A Tiger for Malgudi (1983), and Talkative Man (1987). He has published numerous collections of short stories, including Malgudi Days (1982), and Under the Banyan Tree (1985), and several works of non-fiction.

Produktdetails

• Vintage Classics
• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 712987
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 138g
• ISBN-13: 9780099282280
• ISBN-10: 0099282283
• Artikelnr.: 21746981

Rezensionen

Narayan wakes in me a spring of gratitude, for he has offered me a second home. Without him I could never have known what it is like to be Indian Graham Greene