A Tiger for Malgudi
by Narayan, R K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. light shelfwear to the jacket, po name, First Printing, price clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0670712604
- ISBN 13
- 9780670712601
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Synopsis
A venerable tiger, old and toothless now, looks back over his life from cubhood and early days roaming wild in the Indian jungle. Trapped into a miserable circus career as 'Raja the magnificent', he is then sold into films (co-starring with a beefy Tarzan in a leopard skin) until, finding the human world too brutish and bewildering, he makes a dramatic bid for freedom. R. K. Narayan's story combines Hindu mysticism with ripe Malgudi comedy, viewing human absurdities through the eyes of a wild animal and revealing how, quite unexpectedly, Raja finds sweet companionship and peace.
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- Bookseller
- West with the Night (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0015659
- Title
- A Tiger for Malgudi
- Author
- Narayan, R K
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. light shelfwear to the jacket, po name, First Printing, price clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670712604
- ISBN 13
- 9780670712601
- Publisher
- Viking Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1983
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