While the colourful sweetmeats are frying in the kitchen, Jagan immerses himself in his copy of the Bhagavad Gita. A widower of firm Gandhian principles, Jagan nonetheless harbours a warm and embarrassed affection for his wastrel son Mali. Yet even Jagan's patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the sleepy city of Malgudi full of modern notions, with a new half-American wife and a grand plan for selling novel-writing machines. From different generations and different cultures, father and son are forced to confront each other, and are taken by surprise . . .
| ISBN: | 9780140185508 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 1993 |
| Author: | NARAYAN, R K, R K Narayan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
While the colourful sweetmeats are frying in the kitchen, Jagan immerses himself in his copy of the Bhagavad Gita. A widower of firm Gandhian principles, Jagan nonetheless harbours a warm and embarrassed affection for his wastrel son Mali. Yet even Jagan's patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the sleepy city of Malgudi full of modern notions, with a new half-American wife and a grand plan for selling novel-writing machines. From different generations and different cultures, father and son are forced to confront each other, and are taken by surprise . . .
The Vendor Of Sweets features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
The Vendor Of Sweets is available in Paperback
The Vendor Of Sweets was written by NARAYAN, R K, R K Narayan and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Vendor Of Sweets has 144 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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