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pratul's review
5.0
I've read a fair bit of Narayan's books but this particular one was a revelation in many ways! I had no idea he wrote an autobiography... but I'm very glad to have discovered this book..
He was unique as Indian author because he was born, educated and lived almost exclusively in India -- a lot of my other favorite Indian authors have strong cross-country connections. I think that is what made Narayan's writings unique and so relatable. I am not going to reveal the interesting details I learnt from My Days, but if you're interested in Indian writing I will strongly recommend you pick up a copy of this book.
He was unique as Indian author because he was born, educated and lived almost exclusively in India -- a lot of my other favorite Indian authors have strong cross-country connections. I think that is what made Narayan's writings unique and so relatable. I am not going to reveal the interesting details I learnt from My Days, but if you're interested in Indian writing I will strongly recommend you pick up a copy of this book.
gopsay's review
3.0
RK Narayan gives a reluctant account of his days growing up and the times during which he eventually came to have some of his work published. There is not a lot of detail about any of his work except maybe 'The English Teacher', which he says is a little more non-fiction than the other titles. This work also gives a glimpse of Madras, with its old screeching trams and the days of streets lit with oil-lamps. His account of Rajam, his wife, is probably the most intense and moving in an otherwise uneventful recollection of his days. The book's closing chapter is a better summary of the entire piece - a reluctant memoir.
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