Product Description: A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana has been thrilling readers and listeners since the fourth century BC. Here, R. K. Narayan-one of India's greatest literary lights-draws on the work of the eleventh-century poet, Kamban, and recounts it with the narrative flair of a master novelist...read more

Product Description: Previously unpublished in Spanish, this story deals with the clash between Eastern and Western cultures and the generational gap between a father and son in India. Jagan, the most popular sweets vendor in Malgudi, lives a calm life amid trays of candy and chats with his loyal friend...read more

Product Description: My Days is the only memoir from R.K. Narayan, one of the twentieth century's most important writers in the English language. This edition includes a foreword by John Updike.In the wryly funny style that has made him famous, R.K. Narayan shares his life story, beginning in his grandmother's garden in Madras with a ferocious pet peacock...read more

A retelling of the Tamil epic poem which records Prince Rama's search for his abducted sweetheart, Sita.

Ravana, the Supreme Lord, has enslaved all the gods. When he catches a glimpse of the princess Sita, he falls under her spell and steals her away. Her husband, Rama, will do anything to get her back. With the help of the brave monkey Hanuman, he journeys across the world to find her. But the evil Ravana will not give up Sita without a fight.

Book by Narayan, R. K.

Product Description: The greatest Indian epic, one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian...read more

Product Description: For the centennial of his birth, R. K. Narayan's most celebrated novelFormerly India's most corrupt tourist guide, Raju—just released from prison—seeks refuge in an abandoned temple. Mistaken for a holy man, he plays the part and succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju's newfound sanctity to the test...read more

An omnibus edition celebrating the centennial of the birth of the master of modern Indian fiction presents four novels, set in the fictional town of Malgudi, that include Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, and The English Teacher, about a man searching for meaning in the wake of his wife's death.

Honoring the centennial of the birth of the forefather of modern Indian fiction, a second omnibus edition contains a trio of novels, set in the fictional town of Malgudi and written after India achieved independence, and features Mr. Sampath--The Printer of Malgudi, The Financial Expert, and Waiting for the Mahatma, in which a drifter's encounter with a beautiful young woman inspires him to follow Gandhi.

Features stories such as 'Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi', 'The Financial Expert', and 'Waiting for the Mahatma'.

R K Narayan witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of warmth and vibrancy. This book features stories such as 'Swami and Friends', 'The Bachelor of Arts', 'The Dark Room', and 'The English Teacher'.

English teacher Krishna has recently married, but his wife and daughter live miles away. The story begins with his immediate family deciding to join him. Krishna is initially frightened by this, but soon finds that his love for both his wife and child grows deeper than he could have imagined.

'My Days' is the only memoir from R.K. Narayan, one of the 20th century's most important writers in the English Language. In the wryly funny style that has made him famous, R.K. Narayan shares his life story.

Product Description: Some great indian legends retold by a great indian writer.

Stories depict the lives of beggars, holy men, students, and the other inhabitants of an imaginary Indian city

The Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that if they do, they will invite a disastrous fate upon their house. Covering everything from creation to destruction, this ancient poem remains an indelible part of Hindu culture and a landmark in ancient literature.Centuries of listeners and readers have been drawn to The Mahabharata, which began as disparate oral ballads and grew into a sprawling epic. The modern version is famously long, and at more than 1.8 million words—seven times the combined lengths of the Iliad and Odyssey—it can be incredibly daunting.Contemporary readers have a much more accessible entry point to this important work, thanks to R. K. Narayan’s masterful translation and abridgement of the poem. Now with a new foreword by Wendy Doniger, as well as a concise character and place guide and a family tree, The Mahabharata is ready for a new generation of readers. As Wendy Doniger explains in the foreword, “Narayan tells the stories so well because they’re all his stories.” He grew up hearing them, internalizing their mythology, which gave him an innate ability to choose the right passages and their best translations.In this elegant translation, Narayan ably distills a tale that is both traditional and constantly changing. He draws from both scholarly analysis and creative interpretation and vividly fuses the spiritual with the secular. Through this balance he has produced a translation that is not only clear, but graceful, one that stands as its own story as much as an adaptation of a larger work.