Story Review: An Astrologer’s Day by RK Narayan
About the author- RK Narayan R .K Narayan was born in Madras in 1906. He was educated in Mysore. He was a leading author of early Indian Literature in English. Narayan wrote his first book, ‘Swami and Friends’ in 1930. His book was rejected by almost every publisher. Narayan had sent his copy the book to his friend in Oxford, his friend showed the manuscript to Graham Greene. Greene recommended the book to his publisher and it was finally published in 1935. This book won him international acclaim. Then followed a succession of novels and volumes of short stories which went on to establish his reputation as a narrator of simple tales with a human touch. Later Narayan created ‘Malgudi’, a town that creatively reproduced the social sphere of the country, was published in 1942. His novel, The Guide, was given the Sahitya Akademi Award and was made into a brilliant film. Narayan was known to write in a simple language-of the dreams and aspirations of the average and middle and lowe...