Waiting for Mahatma
By R. K. Narayan.
Description
"R.K. Narayan . . . has been compared to Gogol in England, where he has acquired a well-deserved reputation. The comparison is apt, for Narayan, an Indian, is a writer of Gogol's stature, with the same gift for creating a provincial atmosphere in a time of change. . . . One is convincingly involved in this alien world without ever being aware of the technical devices Narayan so brilliantly employs."--Anthony West, The New Yorker"The experience of reading one of his novels is . . . comparable to one's first reaction to the great Russian novels: the fresh realization ...
ISBN(s)
0226568288, 9780226568287
