The present analysis of Narayan's novels is with a view o understand the novelist's concept of womanhood. It is in this concept that Narayan's deep and profound relationship with society is anayzed. The First chapter 'Making of the Writer' traces the growth of the writer and his preoccupation with human predicament. The second chapter 'Repression of Women as the Other' covers the subordinate position of woman in society. The third chapter 'Concerns of Love and ...