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The Guide: A Novel (Penguin Classics)
by: R. K. Narayan

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780143039648
ISBN: 0143039644
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: August 29, 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Sales Rank: 34425
Studio: Penguin Classics

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Formerly India’s most corrupt tourist guide, Raju—just released from prison—seeks refuge in an abandoned temple. Mistaken for a holy man, he plays the part and succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju’s newfound sanctity to the test. Narayan’s most celebrated novel, The Guide won him the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country’s highest literary honor.

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- A truly enjoyable book
The Guide is yet another brilliant novel from R K Narayan. He draws the reader into his stories with the simplicity of his writing technique, and succeeds in bringing his characters to life. We live in the world he has created from the opening line to the closing word.
I would recommend The Guide to anyone who appreciates quality writing as it is truly an enjoyable book.

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- The Guide, an interesting journey into self-delusion
R.K. Narayan's novel, The Guide, written in 1958, is recognised as one of the author's best. (It's selected within a collection of "1000 books to read during your lifetime" collection which some French publishers were selling over Christmas). It tells the story of Raju, whose father was lucky to own a shop near a spot where a railway station was going to be built. Raju was then a boy who enjoyed his life outside, and when the tracks and station were built, the shop in the station was entrusted to his father. The boy soon started helping him, pleased at not having to be sent to school any more. But the father died accidentally, and Raju who must have been 12 or so, took over, and over the years cleverly understood the interest of the railway, because not only did he see the importance of the shop for travellers, but also that of the travellers' needs. He became a tourist guide, and is so keen and scruple-free that ... Read More

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- Evolution
The Guide is like a weaving. It is intertwined, deep, and rich. In it you will see the amazing way human lives can evolve.

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- Are we creators or merely reactors?
N.K. Narayan's The Guide, for which he won the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, his country's highest literary honor, is a deep yet wryly humorous examination of the frailties of humans and the meaning and consequences of our actions. The main question seems to be, "Are we creators of our own destinies, or are we mere reactors to the people and circumstances which surround us? And, furthermore, does it really matter, in the end, why we do what we do? Or is the final result the only thing that matters?" What more important inquiry can there be? An entire philosopy course could be taught using this wonderful book as the basis.

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