rk narayan

This terrible situation only came to an end by the passage of time.

The Dark Room by R.K. Narayan

June 6, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a 1938 novel by the Indian writer RK Narayan. This is from an omnibus collection of his novels I bought on a whim a few months ago and have thus far really enjoyed the two I’ve read so far and found it a fortuitous purchase given that I barely knew anything about him going in. In this novel we begin with a married couple — a wife and her general businessman husband — arguing over a meal being served. Apparently the husband has […]

“They were enemies”

Swami and Friends by RK Narayan

March 12, 2019 by vel veeter 1 Comment

This is probably funniest and perfect little novels I have read in a long time. I made my wife listen to me read long sections of it to her because I was cackling throughout. The book came out in 1935 and it’s about 10 year old boy named Swaminathan and his cohort of friends. They are not particularly mischievous in terms of what they get into, but they hate school and love cricket and have no sense whatsoever, and this creates issues. The novel begins […]

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