{"product_id":"a-malgudi-omnibus-9780749396046","title":"A Malgudi Omnibus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eone of India''s most valued and adored twentieth-century novelists, including his novel \u003ci\u003eSwami and Friends\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are three of R. K. Narayan''s most famous and best loved novels: \u003ci\u003eSwami and Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelor of Arts \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe English Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e. All set in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi, these irresistible works provide the perfect introduction to a universal world of humour, sadness, wisdom and joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e**Featuring one of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery literature student should have space on her shelf for the complete works of R K Narayan. Or at least for a Malgudi omnibus, the fictional town in which he set many of his novels -- Monica Ali * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eNarayan's humour and compassion come from a deep universal well, with the result that he has transformed his imaginary township of Malgudi into a bubbling parish of the world * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThe hardest of all things for a novelist to communicate is the extraordinary ordinariness of human happiness. Jane Austen, Soskei, Chekhov; a few bring it off. Narayan is one of them * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eNo writer is more deceptively casual, or less fussed about the Eternal Verities, or more unerring in arriving by delightful detours at his destination - which is seldom a terminus because life keeps bobbing on * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eR K Narayan’s Malgudi novels are humorous gems and it is a great pity that they are not better known. He wrote beautifully and with great compassion. -- Alexander McCall Smith * Guardian *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018406297943,"sku":"9780749396046","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780749396046.jpg?v=1750776756","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-malgudi-omnibus-9780749396046","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}