Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

For October our short story read is a collection of stories by Indian writer R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days. The volume comes in at about 264 pages and was first published in 1943.

GR: Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India “the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story.” Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience.

Who is in for this one? If anyone has read works by him previously, please share your thoughts on those prior experiences here.

Last year I read just one of the stories: A Tiger for Malgudi. I gave it 5 stars & found the story to be soothing.

That’s good to hear, Annette. If you find yourself reading the rest of the stories in this collection, please share your thoughts. From reading that one story would you recommend him as a writer?

I would recommend others try reading Narayan. Short stories are an easy way to assess whether an author appeals to you or not. While I’ve only read the one story, I would definitely read more. I .just hope I can squeeze them in.

I will join this read in the second week of this month.