 In 1983 , Narayan published his next novel , A Tiger for Malgudi , about a tiger and its relationship with humans . His next novel , <unk> Man , published in 1986 , was the tale of an aspiring journalist from Malgudi . During this time , he also published two collections of short stories : Malgudi Days ( 1982 ) , a revised edition including the original book and some other stories , and Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories , a new collection . In 1987 , he completed A Writer 's Nightmare , another collection of essays about topics as diverse as the caste system , Nobel prize winners , love , and monkeys . The collection included essays he had written for newspapers and magazines since 1958 . 
