by Narayan (Author)
In The Financial Expert, R. K. Narayan once again transports readers to the southern Indian town of Malgudi. This story centers around the life and pursuits of Margayya, a man of many hopes but few resources, who spends his time under the banyan tree offering expert financial advice to those willing to pay for his knowledge. Margayya's rags-to-riches story brings forth the rich imagery of Indian life with the absorbing details and vivid storytelling that are Narayan's trademarks. The novels of R. K. Narayan are the best I have read in any language for a long time. --Amit Roy, Daily Telegraph 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. --Margaret Parton, New York Herald Tribune Book Review The hardest of all things for a novelist to communicate is the extraordinary ordinariness of most human happiness...Jane Austen, Soseki, Chekhov: a few bring it off. Narayan is one of them. --Francis King, Spectator
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: 2
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Published: 01 Oct 1981
ISBN 10: 0226568415
ISBN 13: 9780226568416
Book Overview: R.K. Narayan has received the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy.