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"There are writers--Tolstoy and Henry James to name two--whom we hold in awe, writers--Turgenev and Chekhov--for whom we feel a personal affection, other writers whom we respect--Conrad for example--but who hold us at a long arm's length with their 'courtly foreign grace.' Narayan (whom I... read more
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A local boy from malgudi-intelligent,smokes,finds a girl when he goes to the river bank.She has come in a green dress and attracts our hero on spot.Later he urges his father to check if the girl can be arranged to get married to our hero(himself).But, due to some miscrepancies in the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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CHANDRAN was just climbing the steps of the College Union when Natesan, the secretary, sprang on him and said, "You are just the person I was looking for.
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- R. K. Narayan (Author)
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- Dewey: 823
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