Abstract:

Indian writer R.k. Narayan writes in English. His fictions are renowned in India and elsewhere. Malgudi inspires him. This writer's prominent position is the cause of the characters' joys and sufferings. In practically all his works, the author explores this fantastic setting. Fictional fictions feel safe in Malgudi. Readers love Malgudi. Narayan presents Indian life, culture, and tradition as an artist. He covers everything from children's pranks to community uprisings, commoners' unhappiness to filial relationships, superstitions to supernatural components. R.K. Narayan's fictional works are set in Malgudi. His other topics include family and family connections, renunciation, generational disaffiliation, tradition vs. modernization, East-West encounter, education, etc. The story alternates between first- and third-person narration, with Raju, the primary character, and an omniscient narrator telling the story. Author uses flashbacks and cinematic aspects.

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