Malgudi school days
Publication details: New Delhi Puffin Books 2014Description: ix, 222 pISBN: 9780143333258Subject(s): Malgudi - India - Fiction | Humorous stories, Indic (English) | India - Social life and customs - FictionDDC classification: 823.912 Summary: R.K. Narayan’s delightfully funny tales of a harum-scarum schoolboy, Swami, have regaled both young and old for years. Swami’s days are full of creating a ruckus in the classroom, dreams of playing tricks on his grandmother or stoning the school windows, inspired by a swadeshi demonstration. When he puts together a cricket team for the MCC (Malgudi Cricket Club) and challenges the Young Men’s Union to a match, things go horribly, horribly wrong, and Swami has no option but to run away from home, wanting never to return to Malgudi again. Malgudi Schooldays is a slightly abridged and fully illustrated version of Narayan’s celebrated novel Swami and Friends, and includes two more stories featuring Swami. (http://youngreaders.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/malgudi-schooldays-0)| Item type | Current library | Item location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vikram Sarabhai Library | Rack 43-A / Slot 2443 (3rd Floor, East Wing) | Fiction | General Stacks | 823.912 N2M2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 188249 |
R.K. Narayan’s delightfully funny tales of a harum-scarum schoolboy, Swami, have regaled both young and old for years. Swami’s days are full of creating a ruckus in the classroom, dreams of playing tricks on his grandmother or stoning the school windows, inspired by a swadeshi demonstration. When he puts together a cricket team for the MCC (Malgudi Cricket Club) and challenges the Young Men’s Union to a match, things go horribly, horribly wrong, and Swami has no option but to run away from home, wanting never to return to Malgudi again. Malgudi Schooldays is a slightly abridged and fully illustrated version of Narayan’s celebrated novel Swami and Friends, and includes two more stories featuring Swami.
(http://youngreaders.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/malgudi-schooldays-0)
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