- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classic (Oct 25 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0141186216
- ISBN-13: 978-0141186214
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 100 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #624,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is an enchanting collection from India's foremost storyteller, rich in wry, warmly observed characters from every walk of Indian life - merchants, beggars, herdsmen, rogues - all of whose lives are microcosms of the human experience. Like Nambi in the title story, Narayan has the mesmeric ability to spellbind his audience. This he achieves with a masterful combination of economy and rhythm, creating haunting images and a variety of settings to evoke a unique paradox of reality and folklore.
About the Author
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 there. In 1958 Narayan's work The Guide won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country's highest literary honor. In addition to his novels, Narayan has authored five collections of short stories, including A Horse and Two Goats, Malguidi Days, and Under the Banyan Tree, two travel books, two volumes of essays, a volume of memoirs, and the re-told legends Gods, Demons and Others, The Ramayana, and the Mahabharata. In 1980 he was awarded the A.C. Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature and in 1982 he was made an Honorary Member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Narayan died in 2001.
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Nitya, at six on Friday morning," said his father determinedly, "we leave by bus." Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
great yet simple,
By Vincent_VG@yahoo.com "Vincent" (Indonesia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories (Paperback)
Narayan was a great writer. I like best ths story titled "anamalai", "Breath of Lucifer" and of course "Under the banyan tree" itself. Some of those short stories are so easy to understand, some are so deep, so i have to read it carefully to get the skillfully written rethorics. It's a classics, worth buying and kept for lifetime.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enchanting like "Malgudi Days",
By A Customer
This review is from: Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories (Paperback)
This book is in the same mold as "Malgudi Days". Some stories ,like the title story & "Dodu" are pure gems. I read and re-read this book and still found them as fresh.The characters ,the situations are so real that one wonders whether the author picked them out of his own experiences.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enchanting like "Malgudi Days",
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories (Paperback)
This book is in the same mold as "Malgudi Days". Some stories ,like the title story & "Dodu" are pure gems. I read and re-read this book and still found them as fresh.The characters ,the situations are so real that one wonders whether the author picked them out of his own experiences.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Try a Narayan Short Story for Yourself,
By Douglas S. Wood "Vicarious Life" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Modern Classics Under The Banyan Tree (Paperback)
'Under the Banyan Tree', a collection of 28 short stories published late in R.J. Narayan's career in 1985, demonstrates the warmth, humor, and simplicity that made him so beloved. The tales are set in and around fictional Malgudi and include a number of stories featuring the Talkative Man.Narayan's works are sometimes criticized by the literati - but see also a 2001 New York Review of Books essay titled 'The Great Narayan' by Pankaj Mishra. Pick up 'Under the Banyan Tree', read a short story, and make up your own mind. I think you'll be warmly rewarded. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
great yet simple,
By Vincent_VG@yahoo.com "Vincent" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories (Paperback)
Narayan was a great writer. I like best ths story titled "anamalai", "Breath of Lucifer" and of course "Under the banyan tree" itself. Some of those short stories are so easy to understand, some are so deep, so i have to read it carefully to get the skillfully written rethorics. It's a classics, worth buying and kept for lifetime.
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