# The Painter of Signs

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- Authors: [R K Narayan](https://www.bookquiver.com/rk-narayan)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4303-966-2
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2006-08-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## 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...