| Author: | R. K. Narayan | ISBN: | 9781101662212 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | May 1, 1993 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics | Language: | English |
| Author: | R. K. Narayan |
| ISBN: | 9781101662212 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | May 1, 1993 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Language: | English |
This is the story of Nataraj, who earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. Nataraj and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find their congenia l days disturbed when Vasu, a powerful taxidermist, moves in with his stuffed hyenas and pythons, and brings his dancing-women up the printer's private stairs. When Vasu, in search of larger game, threatens the life of a temple elephant that Natara j has befriended, complications ensue that are both laughable and tragic.
This is the story of Nataraj, who earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. Nataraj and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find their congenia l days disturbed when Vasu, a powerful taxidermist, moves in with his stuffed hyenas and pythons, and brings his dancing-women up the printer's private stairs. When Vasu, in search of larger game, threatens the life of a temple elephant that Natara j has befriended, complications ensue that are both laughable and tragic.
