Illustrated Malgudi Schooldays - Malgudi Schooldays  (English, Hardcover, Narayan R.K.)

Malgudi Schooldays is the abridged and enchantingly illustrated edition of R. K. Narayan’s novel, Swami and Friends. It is set in the laidback and picturesque fictional town of Malgudi, beautifully illustrated by Lavanya Naidu.

Summary of the Book

This title brings you the delightfully funny account of a harum scarum schoolboy called Swami, written by one of the greatest writers of our time. Malgudi Schooldays exhilarates all those who step into its world, as Swami’s days are full of action. When he is not creating a mess in the classroom, or making blunders in his exams, he is adventuring down the streets of Malgudi. He is either troubling his grandmother or stoning the school windows after being inspired by a swadeshi demonstration! But the greatest stunt Swami and his friends have to pull off is putting together a cricket team called the Malgudi Cricket Club and challenging the Young Men’s Union to a match. Although they gather a team, things go horribly wrong just before the match. This makes Swami with no other option than running away from home, wanting never to come back again.

About R. K. Narayan

R. K. Narayan was born in Madras in 1906 and was educated there and at the Maharaja’s College in Mysore. His first novel, Swami and Friends, and the next, The Bachelor of Arts, are both set in the fascinating imaginary territory of Malgudi. Narayan’s work, The Guide, won him the Sahitya Akademi Award, the country’s highest literary honour. Narayan has also authored other collections of short stories, including A Horse and Two Goats and Under the Banyan Tree. He has penned travel books, essays, memoirs, and has retold legends like The Ramayana and The Mahabharata. In the year 1980, he was honoured with the A.C. Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature. R. K. Narayan passed away in 2001.