The Dark Room

The Dark Room

by R. K. Narayan (Author)

Synopsis

It is a man's world in Malgudi. And that is where docile and obedient Savitri has endured more than her fair share of humiliations in her long-standing marriage. But even she knows when her bullying husband has gone too far. For when Ramani insist on taking on an elegant new employee for the Engladia Insurance Company, Savitri recognizes more than a professional interest in the woman. Her first resort is to try to ignore it. And her last resort is only just forestalled by a passing burglar...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Mandarin
Published: 03 May 1990

ISBN 10: 0749303042
ISBN 13: 9780749303044

Author Bio
R. K. Narayan's writing spanned the greatest period of change in modern Indian history, from the days of the Raj with Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937) and The English Teacher (1945), to recent years of political unrest - The Painter of Signs (1976), A Tiger for Malgudi (1983), and Talkative Man (1987). He has published numerous collections of short stories, including Malgudi Days (1982) and Under The Banyan Tree (1985), and several works of non-fiction. His most recent work is The Grandmother's Tale: Three Novellas (1993). R.K. Narayan died in 2001.