A Tiger for Malgudi

A Tiger for Malgudi

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author = R. K. Narayan
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release_date = 1983
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"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.

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.


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