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The story of a goat / Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by N. Kalyan Raman.
"A farmer in Tamil Nadu is watching the sun set over his village one evening when a mysterious stranger, a giant man, appears on the horizon. He offers the farmer a black goat kid who is the runt of the litter, surely too frail to survive. The farmer and his wife take care of the young she-goat, whom they name Poonachi, and soon the little goat is bounding with joy and growing prodigiously. Intoxicating passages from the goat's perspective offer a bawdy and earthy view of animal existence and a refreshing portrayal of the natural world. But Poonachi's life is not destined to be a rural idyll--dangers lurk around every corner, and may sometimes come from surprising places, including a government that is supposed to protect the weak and needy."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802147516 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 183 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Black Cat, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Tamil as Poonachi Allathu Oru Vellattin Katai by Kalachuvadu Publications in 2016. First published in English in 2018 by Context, an imprint of Westland Publications Private Limited."--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Rural families > India > Fiction. Goats > Fiction. Social classes > India > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Allegories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Perum | 31681010180388 | FICTION | Available | - |
PERUMAL MURUGAN is one of Indiaâs most well-known literary writers. He has written ten novels and five collections each of short stories and poetry. His best-known novel One Part Woman was longlisted for the inaugural National Book Award for Translation, and it won the prestigious ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman for writing in Indian languages and the Translation Prize from Indiaâs National Academy of Letters.
