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ISBN-10: 1953534414
ISBN-13: 9781953534415
Publisher: Tin House Books
Publish Date: 09/06/2022
Dimensions: 8.48" L, 5.62" W, 0.55" H

What We Fed to the Manticore

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Price: $16.95

Overview

Through nine emotionally vivid stories, all narrated from animal perspectives, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri’s debut collection explores themes of environmentalism, conservation, identity, belonging, loss, and family with resounding heart and deep tenderness. In Kolluri’s pages, a faithful hound mourns the loss of the endangered rhino he swore to protect. Vultures seek meaning as they attend to the antelope that perished in Central Asia. A beloved donkey’s loyalty to a zookeeper in Gaza is put to the ultimate test. And a wounded pigeon in Delhi finds an unlikely friend.

In striking, immersive detail against the backdrop of an ever-changing international landscape, What We Fed to the Manticore speaks to the fears and joys of the creatures we share our world with, and ultimately places the reader under the rich canopy of the tree of life.

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What We Fed to the Manticore is a work of incredible imagination and daring, asking us to recognize the inner lives of whales, donkeys and pigeons to be as complex and deep as our own. The stories in this collection are gorgeously written and richly emotionally textured; in Talia Kolluri's hands, the familiar world we live in comes freshly to life. I looked up from the last page to find that my own world–and my heart–had become bigger.–Claire Comstock-Gay, author of Madame Clairevoyant's Guide to the Stars
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Details

ISBN-10: 1953534414
ISBN-13: 9781953534415
Publisher: Tin House Books
Publish Date: 09/06/2022
Dimensions: 8.48" L, 5.62" W, 0.55" H
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