Tuesday, August 02, 2005

The Life and Works of RK Narayan - Part IV

In which of Narayan's book do we come across Mali , the son of a gandhian sweet vendor who travels to America for a course in creative writing and returns with a Korean-American girlfriend?

The Vendor of Sweets

In Man Eaters of Malgudi,What is the profession of Vasu ,the tenant of Nagaraj ?

Taxidermist

What is the name of the young woman who comes to Malgudi in the novel Painter of Signs with a mission to control the population?

Daisy

For which newspaper did Narayan do reviews of books like Development of Maritime laws in seventeenth-century England ?

Hindu

In which book of Narayan would you come across Savitri, a woman who runs away from home and tries to drown herself after her tyrannical husband takes up with a new girl from his office?

The Dark Room

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