The Emerald Route

{{Short description|Travelogue by R. K. Narayan}}

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| name = The Emerald Route

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| image = File:TheEmeraldRoute.jpg

| caption = First commercial edition (1980)

| author = R. K. Narayan

| illustrator = R. K. Laxman

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| country = India

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| genre = Travel literature

| publisher = Indian Thought Publications

| release_date = 1977, 1980

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| media_type = Print

| pages = 115

| isbn = 978-0-86578-075-0

| preceded_by = The Mahabharata

| followed_by = A Tiger for Malgudi

}}

The Emerald Route is a travelogue by R. K. Narayan. It was published by Indian Thought Publications in 1980. It is a pseudo-travel guide for Karnataka, India.{{cite book|last=Kain|first=Geoffrey|title=R.K. Narayan: contemporary critical perspectives|publisher=Michigan State University Press|year=1993|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rknarayancontemp00kain/page/193 193]|isbn=978-0-87013-330-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rknarayancontemp00kain/page/193}} The book was commissioned by the Government of Karnataka, and the initial non-commercial version was published in 1977 as part of a government publication.{{cite book|last=Sundaram|first=P. S. |title=R.K. Narayan as a novelist|publisher=B.R. Pub. Corp|year=1988|series=New world literature series|volume=14|pages=132|isbn=978-81-7018-531-4 }} The book is focused on local history, culture and heritage, and does not exhibit much of Narayan's characteristic personal narrative.{{cite book|last=Rao|first=Ranga|title=R. K. Narayan|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=2006|pages=48|isbn=978-81-260-1971-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lgs4ebrb6XAC&pg=PP1|accessdate=2009-08-27}}