Swimmer among the Stars |
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| Author:
| Tharoor, Kanishk |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5098-2221-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan
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| Imprint: | Picador |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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An interview with the last speaker of a language. A chronicle of the final seven days of a town that is about to be razed to the ground by an invading army. The lonely voyage of an elephant from Kerala to a princess's palace in Morocco. A fabled cook who flavours his food with precious stones. A coterie of international diplomats trapped in near-Earth orbit.These, and the other stories in this collection, reveal an extraordinary young storyteller, whose tales emerge from a tradition...
More DescriptionAn interview with the last speaker of a language. A chronicle of the final seven days of a town that is about to be razed to the ground by an invading army. The lonely voyage of an elephant from Kerala to a princess's palace in Morocco. A fabled cook who flavours his food with precious stones. A coterie of international diplomats trapped in near-Earth orbit.These, and the other stories in this collection, reveal an extraordinary young storyteller, whose tales emerge from a tradition that includes the creators of the Arabian Nights, Italo Calvino, Jorge Luis Borges, Angela Carter and other ancient and modern masters of the fable.