The Printer of Malgudi (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: R. K. Narayan
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Comic realism
- Time of Work: 1938, while India is still in the colonial grip of Great Britain
- Setting: The mythical town of Malgudi, South India
- Principal Characters: Srinivas, Sampath, Ravi, Shanti
- Genres: Long fiction, Postcolonial literature, Fiction of manners
- Subjects: Colonies or colonization, Race, Social issues, Writing, 1930’s, Truth, India or East Indian people, Publishing or publishers, Ethics, Filmmaking or filmmakers
- Locales: India, Malgudi, India
The Novel
Set in R. K. Narayan’s famous fictional town of Malgudi, where very little of the larger external world seems to intrude, The Printer of Malgudi is a comic novel of manners, in which the protagonist is not the title character but Srinivas, the editor of The Banner. Srinivas has tried many jobs (in agriculture, banking, teaching, and law) and has rejected them all. He stays in his room, which is part of a joint-family home, and worries about drifting with time. His elder brother, a lawyer, looks after the household (including Srinivas’ wife and son)...
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