[lbo-talk] Socialist Fiction

[joanna bujes]

Ah, Narayan! What to say except that he's one of the best writers I've 
ever read. I wasn't so crazy about his short stories, but his novels are 
amazing. He makes a lot of the western novel good guy/bad guy, wrong 
choice/right choice type stuff look pretty silly....which it is. I read 
"The Painter of Sings," "The Vendor of Sweets," and "The Bachelor of 
Arts" and am looking forward to the other dozen novels.

I still can't stand Naipaul though. Ugh.

Joanna

ravi wrote:


> joanna bujes wrote:
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>> I'm on my way to the library, list in hand.
>>
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> but first, let's hear more of your thoughts on the r.k.narayan stack!! 
> (not that it has necessarily to do with socialist fiction).
>
>     --ravi
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