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The Vendor of Sweets

3.8/5 ( ratings)

While the colourful sweetmeats are frying in the kitchen, Jagan immerses himself in his copy of the Bhagavad Gita. A widower of firm Gandhian principles, Jagan nonetheless harbours a warm and embarrassed affection for his wastrel son Mali. Yet even Jagan's patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the sleepy city of Malgudi full of modern notions, with a new half-American wife and a grand plan for selling novel-writing machines. From different generations and different cultures, father and son are forced to confront each other, and are taken by surprise . . .

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin

Release: May 10, 1993

ISBN: 014018550X

ISBN 13: 9780140185508

The Vendor of Sweets

3.8/5 ( ratings)

While the colourful sweetmeats are frying in the kitchen, Jagan immerses himself in his copy of the Bhagavad Gita. A widower of firm Gandhian principles, Jagan nonetheless harbours a warm and embarrassed affection for his wastrel son Mali. Yet even Jagan's patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the sleepy city of Malgudi full of modern notions, with a new half-American wife and a grand plan for selling novel-writing machines. From different generations and different cultures, father and son are forced to confront each other, and are taken by surprise . . .

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin

Release: May 10, 1993

ISBN: 014018550X

ISBN 13: 9780140185508

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