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A writer's nightmare : selected essays, 1958-1988 / R.K. Narayan.

By: Publication details: New Delhi : Penguin Books, 1987.Description: 240 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780140107913 (hbk.)
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DDC classification:
  • 823 NAR
Contents:
1 Reluctant Guru ; 2 My Educational Outlook ; 3 Trigger-Happy ; 4 Better Late ; 5 The Winged Ants ; 6 Taxing Thoughts ; 7 Elephant in the Pit ; 8 The Lost Umbrella ; 9 The Newspaper Habit ; 10 Castes: Old and New ; 11 Curiosity ; 12 The Golden Age ; 13 Rambles in a Library ; 14 At an Auctioneers ; 15 Pride of Place ; 16 Houses, Houses ; 17 A Picture of Years ; --- *LATER ESSAYS* --- 18 Sorry, no room ; 19 God and the Atheist ; 20 On Funny Encounters ; 21 The Testament of a Walker ; 22 Love and Lovers ; 23 A Matter of Statues ; 24 History is a Delicate Subject ; 25 Junk ; 26 Of Age and Birthdays ; 27 Pickpockets ; 28 Monkeys ; 29 A Literary Alchemy ; 30 The Writerly Life ; 31 The Nobel Prize and all that ; 32 Misguided 'Guide' ; 33 Indira Gandhi ; 34 When India was a Colony ; 35 India and America .
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1 Reluctant Guru ;
2 My Educational Outlook ;
3 Trigger-Happy ;
4 Better Late ;
5 The Winged Ants ;
6 Taxing Thoughts ;
7 Elephant in the Pit ;
8 The Lost Umbrella ;
9 The Newspaper Habit ;
10 Castes: Old and New ;
11 Curiosity ;
12 The Golden Age ;
13 Rambles in a Library ;
14 At an Auctioneers ;
15 Pride of Place ;
16 Houses, Houses ;
17 A Picture of Years ;
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*LATER ESSAYS*
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18 Sorry, no room ;
19 God and the Atheist ;
20 On Funny Encounters ;
21 The Testament of a Walker ;
22 Love and Lovers ;
23 A Matter of Statues ;
24 History is a Delicate Subject ;
25 Junk ;
26 Of Age and Birthdays ;
27 Pickpockets ;
28 Monkeys ;
29 A Literary Alchemy ;
30 The Writerly Life ;
31 The Nobel Prize and all that ;
32 Misguided 'Guide' ;
33 Indira Gandhi ;
34 When India was a Colony ;
35 India and America .