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The Tusk That Did the Damage

James, Tania
Englisch | Taschenbuch

'There he was, his trunk wrapped in hers. Whatever hurt or sorrow befell him was not really happening to him. He was on the other bank with his mother. He was not here'<BR><BR>When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name, the Gravedigger, from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the studious son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin to the Gravedigger and is drawn into the alluring world of ivory hunting.<BR><BR>Emma is working on a documentary set in a Kerala wildlife park with her best friend. Her work leads her to witness the porous boundary between conservation and corruption, until eventually she finds herself caught up in her own betrayal.<BR><BR>'One of the most unusual and affecting books... a compulsively readable, devastating novel' Jonathan Safran Foer<BR><BR>VINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. Each one is a work of creative activism, a blast of fresh air, a seed from which change can grow. The books in this series reconnect us to the planet we inhabit - and must protect. Discover great writing on the most urgent story of our times.

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'There he was, his trunk wrapped in hers. Whatever hurt or sorrow befell him was not really happening to him. He was on the other bank with his mother. He was not here'<BR><BR>When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name, the Gravedigger, from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the studious son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin to the Gravedigger and is drawn into the alluring world of ivory hunting.<BR><BR>Emma is working on a documentary set in a Kerala wildlife park with her best friend. Her work leads her to witness the porous boundary between conservation and corruption, until eventually she finds herself caught up in her own betrayal.<BR><BR>'One of the most unusual and affecting books... a compulsively readable, devastating novel' Jonathan Safran Foer<BR><BR>VINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. Each one is a work of creative activism, a blast of fresh air, a seed from which change can grow. The books in this series reconnect us to the planet we inhabit - and must protect. Discover great writing on the most urgent story of our times.

H | B | T | Gramm
192 mm | 129 mm | 30 mm | 0.199 kg
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
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0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Random House UK
ISBN-10
178487793x
ISBN-13
9781784877934
Autor
James, Tania
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
240
Themen
Südindien, Mythen und Legenden / Mythologische Romane, Umweltschutz, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Politik, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Umwelt / Natur
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malayalam fiction, Mythen und Legenden / Mythologische Romane, tamil fiction, god of small things arundhati roy, novel, indian fiction, mythology, dystopian fiction, Sustainable Development, richard powers overstory, post apocalyptic fiction, rohinton mistry a fine balance, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, forest, Umwelt / Schutz, Umweltschutz, kerala, FICTION / Nature & the Environment, TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen, world, neel mukherjee, Umweltschutz, endangered animals, wildlife, salman rushdie, Nachhaltigkeit, Südindien, best new books, jungle, a suitable boy vikram seth, chigozie obioma, india, prehistoric fiction, western fiction, elephants, yaa gyasi homegoing, dylan thomas, nonfiction, nature writing, best books, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Politik, folk tales, holiday read, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Umwelt / Natur, literature, avni doshi burnt sugar, Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung, vintage earth
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Tania James's debut novel Atlas of Unknowns was a New York Times Editor's Choice and was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian literature. She has also written the short story collection Aerogrammes, and her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Freeman's: The Future of New Writing, One Story and A Public Space. The Tusk That Did the Damage was shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. From 2011 to 2012, Tania James was a Fulbright fellow to India living in New Delhi. She now lives in Washington DC.

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