The Vendor Of Sweets
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi, The Vendor of Sweets is a quietly powerful novel about generational conflict and the collision of tradition with modernity. It chronicles the life of Jagan, a devout, Gandhi-inspired sweet-seller whose simple, ascetic existence is upended by the return of his Westernised son, Mali, from America. Narayan presents the widening chasm between father and son with his trademark gentle irony and wry humour, drawing sharp contrasts between Indian spirituality and the seductive pull of materialism. The novel illustrates how deeply held values are tested when the world one has built begins to crumble from within. A masterwork of Indian literature in English, it stands as one of Narayan's most beloved and enduring works.
Author: R.K. Narayan
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, King Penguin (Penguin Books)
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi, The Vendor of Sweets is a quietly powerful novel about generational conflict and the collision of tradition with modernity. It chronicles the life of Jagan, a devout, Gandhi-inspired sweet-seller whose simple, ascetic existence is upended by the return of his Westernised son, Mali, from America. Narayan presents the widening chasm between father and son with his trademark gentle irony and wry humour, drawing sharp contrasts between Indian spirituality and the seductive pull of materialism. The novel illustrates how deeply held values are tested when the world one has built begins to crumble from within. A masterwork of Indian literature in English, it stands as one of Narayan's most beloved and enduring works.