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The Guide by R. K. Narayan.
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R. K. Narayan (born 1906) is one of the best-known of the Indo-English writers. He created the imaginary town of Malgudi, where realistic characters in a typically Indian setting lived amid unpredicta...
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In the following essay, Singh analyzes the place of art and immortality in Narayan's The Guide.
The desire for immortality which in Jungian terms is a "primordial affirmation" in ...
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In the following essay, Sankaran analyzes Narayan's fusing of traditional Indian myth and the English novel form, focusing on The Guide.
The novel as a genre, especially in the twentieth centur...
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Teaching The Guide
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R. K. Narayan
Critical Essay by Balbir Singh
