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Grandmother's Tale is a novella by R. K. Narayan with illustrations by his brother R. K. Laxman published in 1992 by Indian Thought Publications. It was subsequently released outside India as The Grandmother's Tale by Heinemann in 1993. This book, more than any others, exhibits Narayan's experimental tendencies.
- R. K. Narayan
- 1992
- Bala as A Child Bride
- Bala in Poona
- Bala’s Victory
- Bala’s Life After Finding Viswa
- Viswa’S Death
- Conclusion
The story starts with Narayan coaxing his maternal grandmother to narrate the tale of his great-maternal grandmother, which she is keen on doing as she is proud of her brave and ingenious mother. Despite being illiterate, Bala manages to seek and find her wayward sanyasi-oriented husband, which endears her both to Narayan and the grandmother. Howev...
Narayan’s grandmother nor anyone in the family knows where Bala travelled after that day. All they know is that one fine day she landed up in Poona, penniless and unaware of the Marathi language. She looked different from all the Marathi folk, but that did not discourage her from seeking Viswa. One day while miraculously sitting by the gate post of...
On the pretext of Bhat-ji’s ill health, Bala coaxes Surma to travel in palanquins to a temple in the South to seek god’s blessings. They all three manage to set out together. They come to a tank with a deep pool in the middle of the journey and wander about. As Surma and Bhat-ji head back to their palanquins, they find Bala missing from their party...
When Bala and Viswa reach their village, they find everything from the houses, landmarks, people, etc., to be different. Bala’s elderly mother had passed away after Bala’s disappearance, while Viswa’s parents had left the village long ago without mentioning where they were shifting to. Thus, Bala and Viswa land up probably after a span of 20 years ...
Swaminathan was not pleased that his foolish father had gone off to stay with the unpleasant pair in the old house. What stumped him further was when in due time, he and his siblings were informed by his half-crazed father that he had married the 17-year-old daughter of the wicked cook! This was, of course, Viswa’s third marriage. Obviously, the wi...
This was the typical comical anti-climax to R.K. Narayan’s shocking tale of his perpetually absconding and wayward great-grandfather’s death. Narayan was not sure about most of the other details of the tale, but at the end of the text mentions the home where he grew up. However, he also mentions this in detail in his autobiography ‘My Days’. Thus e...
GRANDMOTHER'S TALE, Narayan's latest work, is the story of his great-grandmother who lived in the later period of the East India Company. Bala, the central character, was married at the early age of seven to Viswa a boy of ten.
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- R. K. Narayan
This selection of new and old short stories covers 50 years of Narayan's writing life, an achievement marked by the collection's title piece, a new novella. "The Grandmother's Tale" is classic Narayan. A young boy has been sent to live with his industrious grandmother after his mother has her fourth child.
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Jan 1, 1994 · Narayan writes wry, understated stories about domestic life in small-town India during the twentieth century. The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories is filled with tiny heartbreaks and minute revelations; the modulated restraint is so sustained that the rare streaks of malice or wit in these stories are almost shocking.
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GRANDMOTHER'S TALE, Narayan's latest work, is the story of his great-grandmother who lived in the later period of the East India Company. Bala, the central character, was married at the early age of seven to Viswa a boy of ten.
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Grandmother's Tale And Selected Stories R. K. Narayan No preview available - 1999
