The guide - wikipedia The guide For other uses, see The Guide ( disambiguation ). This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in - universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. ( April 2011 ) The Guide First US edition Author R.K. Narayan Country India Language English Genre Philosophical novel Publisher Viking Press ( US ) Methuen ( UK ) Publication date 1958 Media type Print ( Hardcover & Paperback ) Pages 220 pp ISBN 0 - 670 - 35668 - 9 ( First American edition ) OCLC 65644730 The Guide is a 1958 novel written in English by the Indian author R.K. Narayan. Like most of his works the novel is based on Malgudi, the fictional town in South India. The novel describes the transformation of the protagonist, Raju, from a tour guide to a spiritual guide and then one of the greatest holy men of India. The novel brought its author the 1960 Sahitya Akademi Award for English, by the Sahitya Akademi, India 's National Academy of Letters. Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Adaptations 3 References 4 External links Plot summary Railway Raju ( nicknamed ) is a disarmingly corrupt tour guide who is famous among tourists. He falls in love with a beautiful dancer, Rosie, the neglected wife of archaeologist Marco. Marco does n't approve of Rosie 's passion for dancing. Rosie, encouraged by Raju, decides to follow her dreams and start a dancing career. They start living together, but Raju 's mother does n't approve their relationship, and leaves them. Raju becomes Rosie 's stage manager and soon, with the help of Raju 's marketing tactics, Rosie becomes a successful dancer. Raju, however, develops an inflated sense of self - importance and tries to control her life and he wants to build as much wealth as possible. Raju gets involved in a case of forgery and gets a two - year sentence. After completing the sentence, Raju passes through a village where he is mistaken for a sadhu ( a spiritual guide ). Since he does n't want to return in disgrace to Malgudi, he decides to stay in an abandoned temple, close to the village. There is a famine in the village and Raju is expected to keep a fast in order to make it rain. Raju confesses the entire truth about his past to Velan, who had developed a complete faith in Raju like the rest of the villagers. With media publicizing his fast, a huge crowd gathers ( much to Raju 's resentment ) to watch him fast. After fasting for several days, he goes to the riverside one morning as part of his daily ritual, where his legs sag down as he feels that the rain is falling in the hills. The ending of the novel leaves unanswered the question of whether he died, and whether the drought ended. Adaptations Main article : Guide ( film ) The film Guide was released in 1965, based on the novel. It starred Dev Anand as Raju, Waheeda Rehman as Rosie, Kishore Sahu ( cameo ), and Leela Chitnis in the lead roles. The film 's score was composed by S.D. Burman. The novel was also adapted into a play in 1968. The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season : A Candid Look at Broadway. References Jump up ^ `` Sahitya Akademi Awards listings ''. Sahitya Akademi, Official website. Jump up ^ Playbill from 1968 production accessed 16 June 2013 External links A Study Guide to The Guide An Analysis Some thoughts about the novel at Let 's talk about Bollywood R.K. Narayan Novels Swami and Friends The Bachelor of Arts The Dark Room 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 Grandmother 's Tale Collections Malgudi Days An Astrologer 's Day and Other Short Stories Lawley Road and Other Stories A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories The Grandmother 's Tale and Selected Stories Non-fiction Next Sunday My Dateless Diary My Days Reluctant Guru The Emerald Route A Writer 's Nightmare Mythology Gods, Demons and Others The Ramayana The Mahabharata Screen adaptations Guide Malgudi Days Banker Margayya Mr. Sampat ( 1952 ) Mr. Sampath ( 1972 ) Related articles Malgudi Indian Thought Publications Miss Malini Sahitya Akademi Award for English 1960 -- 1970 The Guide by R.K. Narayan ( 1960 ) The Serpent and the Rope by Raja Rao ( 1964 ) The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin by Verrier Elwin ( 1965 ) Shadow From Ladakh by Bhabani Bhattacharya ( 1967 ) An Artist in Life by Niharranjan Ray ( 1969 ) 1971 -- 1980 Morning Face by Mulk Raj Anand ( 1971 ) Scholar Extraordinary by Nirad C. Chaudhuri ( 1975 ) Jawaharlal Nehru by Sarvepalli Gopal ( 1976 ) Azadi by Chaman Nahal ( 1977 ) Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai ( 1978 ) Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta ( 1979 ) On the Mother by K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar ( 1980 ) 1981 -- 1990 Relationship by Jayanta Mahapatra ( 1981 ) The Last Labyrinth by Arun Joshi ( 1982 ) Latter - Day Psalms by Nissim Ezekiel ( 1983 ) The Keeper of the Dead by Keki N. Daruwalla ( 1984 ) Collected Poems by Kamala Das ( 1985 ) Rich Like Us by Nayantara Sahgal ( 1986 ) Trapfalls In the Sky by Shiv K. Kumar ( 1987 ) The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth ( 1988 ) The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh ( 1989 ) That Long Silence by Shashi Deshpande ( 1990 ) 1991 -- 2000 The Trotter - Nama by Allan Sealy ( 1991 ) Our Trees Still Grow In Dehra by Ruskin Bond ( 1992 ) After Amnesia by G.N. Devy ( 1993 ) Serendip by Dom Moraes ( 1994 ) Memories of Rain by Sunetra Gupta ( 1996 ) Final Solutions and Other Plays by Mahesh Dattani ( 1998 ) The Collected Poems by A.K. Ramanujan ( 1999 ) Cuckold by Kiran Nagarkar ( 2000 ) 2001 -- 2010 Rajaji : A Life by Rajmohan Gandhi ( 2001 ) A New World by Amit Chaudhuri ( 2002 ) The Perishable Empire by Meenakshi Mukherjee ( 2003 ) The Mammaries of the Welfare State by Upamanyu Chatterjee ( 2004 ) The Algebra of Infinite Justice by Arundhati Roy ( 2005 ) The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa ( 2006 ) Disorderly Women by Malathi Rao ( 2007 ) Mahabharata : An Inquiry into the Human Condition by Chaturvedi Badrinath ( 2009 ) The Book of Rachel by Esther David ( 2010 ) 2011 -- present India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha ( 2011 ) These Errors are Correct by Jeet Thayil ( 2012 ) Laburnum For My Head by Temsula Ao ( 2013 ) Trying to Say Goodbye by Adil Jussawalla ( 2014 ) Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry ( 2015 ) Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto ( 2016 ) The Black Hill by Mamang Dai ( 2017 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Guide&oldid=849916351 '' Categories : 1958 novels Novels by R.K. 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Question: list of characters of the guide by rk narayan
Answer: Raju