Description
Three luminous novellas unfold in the familiar cadence of everyday life, each shaped by R. K. Narayan’s gentle, humane storytelling. From a grandmother whose presence becomes a living thread of memory and moral reflection, to an old miser whose guarded heart reveals the quiet costs of fear and attachment, to a childless couple learning how longing can be met with resilience and redefined love, these stories trace the intimate forces that steer a life. Woven through them are themes of family, desire, aging, and the small, often unnoticed choices that gradually form character. With Narayan’s signature warmth, wit, and quiet insight, the book offers a tender, quietly profound look at endurance—through change, through acceptance, and through the everyday grace of understanding one another.
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paperback
Harper Collins
Published Jul 30, 2013
237 pages
ISBN: 9780062311979
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First Published
1992
Language
eng
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