The Resource The story of a goat, Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by N. Kalyan Raman
The story of a goat, Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by N. Kalyan Raman
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- 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"--
- Language
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- eng
- tam
- eng
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
- Extent
- 183 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802147516
- Label
- The story of a goat
- Title
- The story of a goat
- Statement of responsibility
- Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by N. Kalyan Raman
- Language
-
- eng
- tam
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Perumāḷmurukan̲
- Dewey number
- 894.8/11372
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Tamil
- LC call number
- PL4758.9.P389
- LC item number
- P8613 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Kalyan Raman, N.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Goats
- Label
- The story of a goat, Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by N. Kalyan Raman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2019040553
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
- Extent
- 183 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802147516
- Lccn
- 2019040553
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1119975225
- Label
- The story of a goat, Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by N. Kalyan Raman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2019040553
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
- Extent
- 183 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802147516
- Lccn
- 2019040553
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1119975225
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