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The Bachelor Of Arts
  • Published: 15 September 2000
  • ISBN: 9780099282242
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $27.99

The Bachelor Of Arts



Chandran is a good-natured, popular, rather dreamy student who works hard to pass his exams. Newly graduated, he is unsure how he wants to spend his future. And then, one evening, walking by the river, he sees Malathi, a beautiful young girl dressed in a radiant green sari But the course of love does not run smoothly. Not all is well in Chandran's horoscope and while some customs can be forgotten, others must be strictly observed: customs that temporarily cause Chandran to turn his back on the legendary Malgudi altogether.

  • Published: 15 September 2000
  • ISBN: 9780099282242
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

R K Narayan

R K Narayan's writing spans the greatest period of change in modern Indian history, from the days of the Raj - Swami and Friends (1935), The Bachelor of Arts (1937) and The English Teacher (1945) - to recent years of political unrest - The Painter of Signs (1976), A Tiger for Malgudi (1983), and Talkative Man (1987). He has published numerous collections of short stories, including Malgudi Days (1982), and Under the Banyan Tree (1985), and several works of non-fiction.

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Praise for The Bachelor Of Arts

RK Narayan's Malgudi novels are humorous gems and it is a great pity that they are not better known. He wrote beautifully and with great compassion, something regrettably lacking in some humorous writing

Alexander McCall Smith
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