 First edition | |
| Author | Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Narayanaswami |
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| Illustrator | Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman |
| Genre | Collection of short stories |
| Publisher | The Bodley Head |
| Publication date | 1970 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 978-0-370-01438-8 |
| OCLC | 152850 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823 |
| LC Class | PZ3.N166 Ho3 PR9499.3.N3 |
A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories (also published as A Horse and Two Goats) is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan, published in 1970 by The Bodley Head. The book is illustrated by R. K. Laxman, Narayan's brother, and includes five stories. The title story is a sly narrative of a business transaction between an American tourist and an Indian goat-herder as Muni, the result of an inability to communicate with each other.
References
- British book news. British Council. 1970. p. 900. OCLC 1537139.
- May, Charles Edward (2001). Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Bharati Mukherjee - Mona Simpson. Vol. 5. Frank Northen Magill (2 ed.). Salem Press. p. 1753. ISBN 978-0-89356-011-9. OCLC 248496155.
- Pritchett, Victor Sawdon (1981). The Oxford book of short stories. Oxford University Press. pp. 395. ISBN 978-0-19-214116-3. OCLC 8035224.
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