Author Comparison
The authors, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and R. K. Narayan have very different styles and themes. One was born in Germany and one was born in India, yet they born wrote Indian stories. Jhabvala based most of her characters as people deciding between western life styles and traditional Indian family lifestyles. While Narayan based most of his stories in a fictitious town, called Malgudi and his experience in life. Jhabvala wrote the story, "The Interview", which was about a man deciding whether he really wants a job that pays well but is very boring and strict. And Narayan wrote the story, "A Horse and Two Goats", which is a story about a man from the village Malgudi who is poor, and while sitting on the pedestal of a statue of a horse and a man, meets a tourist who wants to buy the statue because he that the man was selling it. But due to miscommunication the man thought that the man wanted to buy his two goats. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, born in 1927, was a German-born novelist, short-story writer, and scriptwriter, who first gained recognition for her humorous, transcultural novels of manners, which show an acute awareness of the residual effects of colonialism on contemporary Indian society. She was born Ruth Prawer in Cologne, Germany
In September 1930, on a day selected by his grandmother, he opened an exercise book and waited for inspiration. Narayan saw this as the pivotal moment in his writing life. While reading his novels and short stories, you would think Malgudi is a real town. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami was born in Madras. Although Malgudi is a fictitious town, Nanyan described it as though it were a real town through out his novels and short stories. This was a bilingual household where Tamil, rather than Kannada, was spoken, but correct English usage was required. R K Narayan, born in 1906, He was the first modern Indian writer to make literature a fulltime career. An impecunious uncle, idealistic and committed to classical Tamil literature, and Shakespeare instilled in him enduring values. Whatever happens in India also happens in Malgudi. I think she based stories on this idea because she is feeling the same way. And the other author, Narayan had an ability to make the rhythms and intricacies of Indian life accessible to people of other cultures.
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