Malgudi Days Book by RK Narayan

Malgudi Days Book by RK Narayan

Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. The people living in the small town of Malgudi lead simple lives and face several trials and tribulations. The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics.

The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi. The New York Times described the virtue of the book as “everyone in the book seems to have a capacity for responding to the quality of his particular hour. It’s an art we need to study and revive.

Malgudi Days Book (Contents)

• Introduction
• From an Astrologer’s Day
• The Missing Mail
• The Doctor’s Word
• Gateman’s Gift
• The Blind Dog
• Fellow – Feeling
• The Tiger’s Claw
• Ishwaran
• Such Perfection
• Father’s Help
• The Snake Song
• Engine Trouble
• Forty-Five a Month
• Out of Business
• Attila
• The Axe
• From Lawley Road
• Lawley Rod
• Trail of The Green Blazer
• The Martyr’s Corner
• Wife’s Holiday
• A Shadow
• A Willing Slave
• Leela’s Friend
• Mother & Son
• New Stories
• Naga
• Selvi
• Second Opinion
• Cat Within
• The Edge
• God & The Cobbler
• Hungry Child
• Emden
• Glossary

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