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.

[edit] Plot summary

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.

v • d • e Works by 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

Short story collections:	The World of Malgudi · Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories · The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories

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" · "The Grandmother's Tale"

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)