The Vendor of Sweets

Synopsis of The Vendor of Sweets

«The Vendor of Sweets» is the novel by R. K. Narayan, published by Penguin in paperback (144 pages, in English).

Jagan, a widower of firm Gandhian principles, runs a sweetshop in Malgudi. His placid life is disrupted when his son Mali returns from the United States with modern ideas, a half-American wife, and a plan to sell novel-writing machines. The clash between generations and cultures sets father and son against each other.

1983 edition. Belongs to the King Penguin collection. The novel was originally published in 1967.

For readers of literary fiction with an interest in Indian literature and twentieth-century classics.