R.K. Narayan
Paperback | Pages: 266 pages Rating: 3.82 | 2630 Users | 160 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Bachelor of Arts |
| Author | : | R.K. Narayan |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 266 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 1994 by University Of Chicago Press (first published 1937) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Classics |
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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 don't hesitate to name in such a context) more than any of them 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 Offering rare insight into the complexities of Indian middle-class society, R. K. Narayan traces life in the fictional town of Malgudi. The Dark Room is a searching look at a difficult marriage and a woman who eventually rebels against the demands of being a good and obedient wife. In Mr. Sampath, a newspaper man tries to keep his paper afloat in the face of social and economic changes sweeping India. Narayan writes of youth and young adulthood in the semiautobiographical Swami and Friends and The Bachelor of Arts. Although the ordinary tensions of maturing are heightened by the particular circumstances of pre-partition India, Narayan provides a universal vision of childhood, early love and grief. "The experience of reading one of his novels is . . . comparable to one's first reaction to the great Russian novels: the fresh realization of the common humanity of all peoples, underlain by a simultaneous sense of strangeness—like one's own reflection seen in a green twilight."—Margaret Parton, New York Herald TribuneDefine Books Conducive To The Bachelor of Arts
| Original Title: | Bachelor of Arts |
| ISBN: | 0226568334 (ISBN13: 9780226568331) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Chandran |
| Setting: | India |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 2630 Users | 160 ReviewsColumn About Books The Bachelor of Arts
It was my first Narayan book so obviously I was quite curious as well as excited to finally read one of the most respected Indian author of all time. And now I know why I heard about him so much for all these years; absolutely brilliant to say the least. He has put a simple small town story in such a beautiful way that you feel like being there and seeing this entire story from your own eyes. It is absolutely amazing when you get to know that it was published in 1937 and still you can connect atThis is one of the finest books written by RK Narayan.There was drama,Irony,Humour what not everything.
Typical R K Narayan style, although in this he seems to have cut down a lot on his geographical and topological details of Malgudi. In the middle section, one can't escape the familiar overtones of his other novel The guide. Definitely entertaining, but ofcourse comes across as a bit dated and naïve.
Alright.. here is the deal..This is one book which brings out how one ordinary Indian living in rural India spends his life. The emotions and reactions are true to their core.I for one could not give it more than 3-stars for:1. The story writes about small day-to-day activities and thoughts behind them, which I myself have been through. I could never write it down, neither do I think I possibly can. At times I wish them away. Reading the book evoked those thoughts again.2. At places I was
Im too small a person to comment on R K Narayans writing but I can safely claim that he has an inimitable style which makes you appreciate the nuances of day-to-day life and transports you into the setting of his semi-fictional world. Set in the background of Malgudi, The Bachelor of Arts is part two of the trilogy starting with Swami and Friends and traces the life of Chandran, and his experiences in colonial era India as a college student, who later falls in love and gets heartbroken, leading
The second of the four 'Malgugi' novels in the Everyman's Library Edition anthology.As I began 'The Bachelor of Arts,' I thought it less affecting than 'Swami and Friends,' but then R.K. Narayan's seemingly guileless and unassuming prose worked its magic. The myopic, self-centered world view of its protagonist, Chandran, a spoiled and self-indulgent upper middle-class college graduate unsure of his place in the world, could have quickly made his follies and foibles tiresome. Narayan, however,
This is one of the earlier RKNs. And in some ways takes off from where Swami and Friends leaves us. There is Chandran, about to finish his BA and stepping into the world of adulthood. There are the usual things that signify this rite of passage. Those friendships in college, that first love and failure, the search for a job or a thing to pursue. And then the inevitable 'settling down' into adulthood, when you know your friends are gone and your college days are reduced to "Group photos" hung on
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