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082 _a823 NAR
100 _aNarayan, R. K.
245 _a My days
260 _aMadras
_bIndian Thought Publication
_c2006
300 _a216
520 _aMy days The second section deals with the obstacles he encountered as a young writer, how the manuscript of his first book Swami and Friends caught the attention of Graham Greene; their life long friendship; his falling in love and marriage to Rajam, the birth of their daughter and the poignant tale of his wife’s untimely death that left him devastated and his coming to terms with it, and his experiments with psychics. In the last section, he gives a detailed account of his overcoming the writer’s block, and the writing of The English Teacher. He continues describing his literary journey and his evolution as a fine writer. He writes about how he worked on his novel and short stories. About his visit to the United states of America at the invitation of the Rockefeller Foundation,how he stayed on for a couple of months at Berkeley and wrote The Guide. Along the way he tells of his experiences with the filming of The Guide by the noted actor Dev Anand. In the last few chapters we see an established, contended writer known worldwide for his characteristic simple,lucid style and gentle irony…
650 _aAutobiography
650 _aNovelists, Indic
650 _aIntellectual life
700 _aLaxman. R. K. (ill.)
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