by R. K. Narayan · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141186214
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«Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories» is the short story collection by R. K. Narayan, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (208 pages, in English).
Stories set in India with characters of different conditions: merchants, beggars, shepherds and rogues. Each story condenses universal aspects of human experience, in atmospheres that oscillate between the real and the legendary. The title story, featuring the narrator Nambi, illustrates the power of storytelling to captivate the listener.
It belongs to the Penguin Modern Classics series; the edition is from 2001, although the work was originally published in 1985.
For readers of short stories and classic narrative interested in twentieth-century Indian literature.
