The English Teacher

A powerful, compassionate novella about one man's search for meaning in the wake of losing his greatest source of joy, his wife. Krishna, an English teacher in the town of Malgudi, is nagged by the feeling he's doing the wrong work. His days are given purpose by his relationship with his family, with his wife and young daughter, who welcome him home from school every afternoon. Yet when his wife dies suddenly, Krishna faces a reckoning of existential proportions, as he begins a quest for a life worth living. BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.