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Reading old books is an eternal joy to those who have at least once tasted the spell of Mr. RK Narayan’s writing. Stay assured! Because then there is no looking back. Welcome to the enchanting world of RK Narayan’s old books. Literary lovers as well as common people who relish the tang of reading especially English books leave no stone unturned to find out more about his books. They ensure visiting books-stores as well as libraries looking for his old books. Readers whether students of English literature or even others love to buy old books written by this magician of words. No wonder Rasipurum Krishnaswami Narayan popularly called RK Narayan is the undisputed Indian English king-storyteller who has practically lived through the entire twentieth century. His old books are every shop keepers’ delight considering the selling’s that these books command once they hit the shelves.

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RK Narayan (1906-2001), the wonder-weaver of fictional as well as non-fictional works embarked on his literary journey spanning more than seven decades in the 30s as English short-story writer. His subsequent independent works depict well portrayed and sensitive recounts of the 20th century Indian life incepted in Malgudi, the fictional South Indian town. His popularity can be well assumed from the fact that his books have one of the most up shooting buying-selling in every era. His debut works Swami and Friends (1935) won much accolade after initial hitch in publication. Once the ice was thawed, there was no looking back. The twin activity of buying-selling of his exemplary works became a tradition in every books market worldwide. A continuous stream of literary works all grounded in the fictional Malgudi were churned out one after the other.

Most of his books are penned celebrating ordinary lives in the guise of some of the real characters known to Narayan. His own personal life was hued with tragedy with the passing away of his young wife whom he had once love-married. The content of The English Teacher is majorly an autobiographical narration of his coping up with the unprecedented event. Later with the breaking of the Second World War II when link with Britain was cut, Mr. Narayan became his own publisher.

The exemplary writing in RK Narayan books is distinctive with mesmerizing humor, tickling ones soul with its very down to earth folks that we all encounter in daily life. Their struggle in catching up with modern trends in the ever changing world while holding age old traditions, the ironies that they face in every day life makes his writings very enchanting. His simple writings are penned with silk smooth lucidity and enlivened by a magic wand of elegance and grace in all his books. He is one of the few Indian English writers with a universal appeal. Narayan won the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award in 1958 for his novel ‘The Guide’ which also won much applause as motion picture by Dev Anand. Narayan was nominated as Rajya Sabha member in 1989.

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