To the Elephant Graveyard - Couverture souple

Hall, Tarquin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802138357 ISBN 13 : 9780802138354

Editeur : Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001

Synopsis

On India's northeast frontier, a killer elephant is on the rampage, stalking Assam's paddy fields and murdering dozens of farmers. Local forestry officials, powerless to stop the elephant, call in one of India's last licensed elephant hunters and issue a warrant for the rogue's destruction. Reading about the ensuing hunt in a Delhi newspaper, journalist Tarquin Hall flies to Assam to investigate. To the Elephant Graveyard is the compelling account of the search for a killer elephant in the northeast corner of India, and a vivid portrait of the Khasi tribe, who live intimately with the elephants. Though it seems a world of peaceful coexistence between man and beast, Hall begins to see that the elephants are suffering, having lost their natural habitat to the destruction of the forests and modernization. Hungry, confused, and with little forest left to hide in, herds of elephants are slowly adapting to domestication, but many are resolute and furious. Often spellbinding with excitement, like "a page-turning detective tale" (Publishers Weekly), To the Elephant Graveyard is also intimate and moving, as Hall magnificently takes us on a journey to a place whose ancient ways are fast disappearing with the ever-shrinking forest.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tarquin Hall is a British author and journalist who lived for many years in India. He now lives in Bath, England with his wife Anu Anand and two children. He is the author of five Vish Puri mysteries, and two other works of non-fiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0802138357
• ISBN 13: 9780802138354
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible