For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid-and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fictional city of Malgudi, The ...
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For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid-and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fictional city of Malgudi, The Painter of Signs is a wry, bittersweet treasure. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good in a very good dj, not price clipped with very light edge wear in a mylar cover. Volume has some spotting on the leaf edges and minimal shelf wear. A tight, handsome copy-SR.
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Good in good dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. DJ intact, moderate bumping at edges, slight toning and fading. Slight shelf wear to boards. Old price written on front endpage, else clean. Binding sound.
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Very Good+ in Very Good, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book Some edge wear to dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.
