The Man-Eater of Malgudi
by:
R.K. Narayan (author)
This is the story of Nataraj, who earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. Nataraj and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find their congenial days disturbed when Vasu, a powerful taxidermist, moves in with his stuffed hyenas and...
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This is the story of Nataraj, who earns his living as a printer in the little world of Malgudi, an imaginary town in South India. Nataraj and his close friends, a poet and a journalist, find their congenial days disturbed when Vasu, a powerful taxidermist, moves in with his stuffed hyenas and pythons, and brings his dancing-women up the printer's private stairs. When Vasu, in search of larger game, threatens the life of a temple elephant that Nataraj has befriended, complications ensue that are both laughable and tragic.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140185485 (0140185488)
Publish date: May 1st 1993
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Page 209 Cutting For Stone
I tried The Man-Eater of Malgudi. I really did. I read about 70 of 173 pages. I find it a total bore. Also annoying. The characters are so stupid. A taxidemist has invited himself to live above a printer's shop. The taxidermist doesn't have to pay rent. Everybody is really annoyed b/c the dead bodie...
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