 Occasionally , Narayan was known to give form to his thoughts by way of essays , some published in newspapers and journals , others not . Next Sunday ( 1960 ) , was a collection of such conversational essays , and his first work to be published as a book . Soon after that , My Dateless Diary , describing experiences from his 1956 visit to the United States , was published . Also included in this collection was an essay about the writing of The Guide . 
