| Edition |
First Grove Atlantic paperback edition. |
| Description |
183 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Tamil as Poonachi Allathu Oru Vellattin Katai by Kalachuvadu Publications in 2016."--Title page verso. |
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"First published in English in 2018 by Context, an imprint of Westland Publications Private Limited."Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"In his brilliant new novel, Perumal Murugan paints a bucolic yet menacing portrait of the rural lives of India's farming community through the story of a helpless young animal lost in a world it naively misunderstands. 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. With allegorical resonance for contemporary society and examining hierarchies of caste and color, The Story of a Goat is a provocative but heartwarming fable from a world-class storyteller"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language |
Translated from the Tamil. |
| Subject |
Goats -- Fiction.
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Social classes -- India -- Fiction.
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Rural families -- India -- Drama.
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Tamil Nadu (India) -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Kalyan Raman, N., translator.
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| Added Title |
Pūṉācci allatu Oru veḷḷāṭṭiṉ katai. English
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| ISBN |
9780802147516 (trade paperback) |
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0802147518 (trade paperback) |
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