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The Painter of Signs

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Availability:In StockContributor:R. K. Narayan, Monica Ali (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsPublish date:2006-09-01Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143039662ISBN-10:143039660UPC:9780143039662Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Cultural Heritage, ClassicsSize:7.75 x 5.14 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCGKT5ZGMD
For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid-and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fictional city of Malgudi, The Painter of Signs is a wry, bittersweet treasure.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143039662ISBN-10:143039660UPC:9780143039662Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Cultural Heritage, ClassicsSize:7.75 x 5.14 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SCGKT5ZGMD
R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), born and educated in India, was the author of fourteen novels, numerous short stories and essays, a memoir, and three retold myths. His work, championed by Graham Greene, who became a close friend, was often compared to that of Dickens, Chekhov, Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor, among others.

Monica Ali, one of Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists," is the author of Brick Lane, finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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