The story of a goat
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Kalyan Raman, N, translator.
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Main Flagstaff Public Library - Fiction
F MURUGAN, PERUMAL
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183 pages ; 21 cm.
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"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 watchingthe 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. ButPoonachi'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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Perumāḷmurukan̲., & Kalyan Raman, N. (2019). The story of a goat (First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.). Black Cat.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Perumāḷmurukan̲ and N, Kalyan Raman. 2019. The Story of a Goat. Black Cat.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Perumāḷmurukan̲ and N, Kalyan Raman. The Story of a Goat Black Cat, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Perumāḷmurukan̲,, and N Kalyan Raman. The Story of a Goat First Grove Atlantic paperback edition., Black Cat, 2019.

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