R.K. NARAYAN

Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki, probably around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless variant versions in different languages. Here, drawing his inspiration from the work of an eleventh-century Tamil poet called Kamban, Narayan has used the talents of a master novelist to recreate the excitement and joy he ...

La vida d'en Jagan, el venedor de dolços més popular de la ciutat índia de Malgudi, transcorre plàcida entre les safates de dolços i les converses amb «el cosí», l'amic fidel. El món d'en Jagan s'ensorrarà quan el seu fill Mali deixi els estudis i marxi als Estats Units per fer-se escriptor. El viatge no farà sinó eixamplar la distància immensa ...

Raju's first stop after his release from prison is the barber's shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India's most corrupt tourist guide, but now a peasant mistakes him for a holy man. Gradually he begins to play the part. He succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju's new holiness to the test.