About the Book: Multicultural Consciousness in the Novels of R.K. Narayan
R. K. Narayan is considered by many critics in India and abroadas the best
Indian novelist in English. He is the only great Indianwriter in English who
spent the whole of his life in India andportrayed the life and society around
him. Many of Narayans novelshave pre-independent India in the background or
settings. Theybring out the influence of Western values on the East,
andconversely, the influence of Eastern values on the West. There areseveral
occasions of confrontation between theses values but at thesame time one finds
assimilation, absorption and amalgamation ofthese cultural values throughout the
novels.