A Tiger for Malgudi

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A Tiger for Malgudi
Author R. K. Narayan
Country India
Genre(s) Novel
Publication date 1983
Media type Print

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.