Feb 23, 2016 11:51 PM
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Rk narayan, a remarkable writer astound for his unpretentious, down-to-earth style of writing witty conveys his ideas with a unique flavour, touching the deep roots of everyday life. In the vendor of sweets he portays very beautifully the picture of generation gap.
One side by his son; mali and the other side father of mali it is jagan. Mali displays the western horizon while jagan the indian sensibility in his character.jagan, the central character is a sweet -meat vendor, a true gandhian, who has adeep love for his son mali.but mali decides to abandon his study and goes abroad and return to india after two years with a foreign girl.jagan realises his son had ruined the scantity, his cherished notions of marriage, morals and principles.
After recollecting his adulthood and married life jagan realises the drastic disparity that had grown between perceptions of himself and his own son mali. And finally escape everything else behind. It is a very absorbing book which depicts life as a challenging ocean, which can be only crossed on the boat of timewith patience and endurance acting as oars.this book is composed in simple, lucidenglish that can be read and understood without turningand returning the pages after a single read.
