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R.K. Narayan's reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels. Arguing against views that have seen Narayan as a chronicler of "authentic" Indianness, John Thieme locates his fiction in terms of its specific South Indian contexts and cultural geography and its non-Indian intertexts. The study also considers the effect that Narayan's writing for overseas publication had on novels such as Swami and Friends, The Guide and The Man-Eater of Malgudi.Narayan's imaginary

National characteristics, East Indian, in literature. --- Malgudi (India : Imaginary place) --- Imaginary places --- Narayan, R. K., --- Nārāyaṇa, R. K., --- Narayanswami, Rasipuram Krishnaswami --- Narayana Swami, Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer, --- Naraĭan, Razipuram Krishnasvami, --- Naraĭan, R. K. --- Narayansawami, Rasipuram Krishnaswamier, --- Nārāyaṇ, Ār. Kē., --- נאראיאן, ר.ק., --- נראיאן, ר. ק., --- Criticism and interpretation. --- India --- In literature. --- Malgudi (India : Imaginary place). --- Literature --- Literary Studies: Post-Colonial Literature --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic --- Indian writing. --- Indianness. --- Malgudi. --- R. K. Narayan. --- cultural geography. --- fiction. --- founding figures. --- inescapability of change. --- modernity. --- non-Indian intertexts.