A Tiger for Malgudi
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| Author | R.K. Narayan |
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| Genre(s) | Novel |
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| Released | 1983 |
A Tiger for Malgudi is a 1983 novel by R. K. Narayan told by a tiger in the first person. Particularly poignant is the attachment of the tiger to the renunciant and the renunciant's care for the tiger.
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The tiger recounts his story of capture by a circus owner, and his eventual escape. He is recaptured, but this time voluntarily by a monk/renunciant with whom he passes the rest of his life on the hills.
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| The Works of R. K. Narayan |
| Novels: Swami and Friends | The Bachelor of Arts | The English Teacher | Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi | The Financial Expert | Waiting for the Mahatma | The Guide | The Man-Eater of Malgudi | The Vendor of Sweets | The Painter of Signs | A Tiger for Malgudi | Talkative Man | The World of Nagaraj |
| Collections: The World of Malgudi |
| Short Stories: Dodu and Other Stories | Cyclone and Other Stories | An Astrologer's Day and Other Short Stories | Lawley Road and Other Stories | A Horse and Two Goats | Malgudi Days | Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories | The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories |
| Non-Fiction: Next Sunday | My Dateless Diary | My Days | The Emerald Route | A Writer's Nightmare | Like The Sun |
| Mythology: Gods, Demons and Others | The Ramayana | The Mahabharata |
