num_pages: 144
description: For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid-and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fictional city of Malgudi, The Painter of Signs is a wry, bittersweet treasure.
language: English
title: The Painter of Signs
titlecomplete: The Painter of Signs
genres: Fiction, Indian Literature, Asia, India, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 2400
publisher: Penguin Books