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The Tusk That Did the Damage: A novel from the Vintage Earth collection
Tania James
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Description for The Tusk That Did the Damage: A novel from the Vintage Earth collection
Paperback.
'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'
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.
Emma is working on a documentary set in a Kerala ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784877934
SKU
9781784877934
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About Tania James
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Tusk That Did the Damage: A novel from the Vintage Earth collection
One of the most unusual and affecting books... a compulsively readable, devastating novel. One of the most compelling and unusual novels I've read this year.... A fascinating story of hunters and observers, old mythical gods and modern politics.
Guardian, Book of the Year
Impressive...sharp and unnerving sensibility. James offers a captivating rendering of an animal's point of view. ... Read more
Guardian, Book of the Year
Impressive...sharp and unnerving sensibility. James offers a captivating rendering of an animal's point of view. ... Read more