Thursday, July 10, 2014

Yesterday I finally finished reading R K Narayan’s The Painter of Signs… what a brilliant story, what pacing and crafting… my copy dog-eared, yellowed pages, circa 1986, cost Rs. 17/ ! The book lives up to the accolades on the back cover. Well worth the trouble of reading in a shaking, moving train hurtling through the country at 100 kmph. Totally unexpected ending, this one. What terrific characterisation...Will track down and read the rest.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

:) You sound better, less under strain. I hope it is so.

PQ said...

Thanks for sharing...the unexpected end is sure gonna have me flip to the last page first if I ever bump into this book :)