{"product_id":"the-story-of-a-goat-9780802147516","title":"The Story of a Goat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of India’s best-known writers and the author of the National Book Award-longlisted \u003cem\u003eOne Part Woman\u003c\/em\u003e comes a charming and surprising tale of an orphaned goat and the family that decides to take care of her, despite the potential cost to them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs he did in the award-winning \u003cem\u003eOne Part Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, in his newest novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of a Goat\u003c\/em\u003e, Perumal Murugan explores a side of India that is rarely considered in the West: the rural lives of the country’s farming community. He paints a bucolic yet sometimes menacing portrait, showing movingly how danger and deception can threaten the lives of the weakest through the story of a helpless young animal lost in a world it naively misunderstands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the novel opens, a farmer in Tamil Nadu is watching the sunset over his village one quiet evening when a mysterious stranger, a giant man who seems more than human, 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 at a rate they think miraculous for such a small animal. Intoxicating passages from the goat’s perspective offer a bawdy and earthy view of what it means to be an animal and a refreshing portrayal of the natural world. But Poonachi’s life is not destined to be a rural idyll—dangers can lurk around every corner, and may sometimes come from surprising places, including a government that is supposed to protect the weak and needy. Is this little goat too humble a creature to survive such a hostile world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith allegorical resonance for contemporary society and examining hierarchies of caste and color, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Goat\u003c\/em\u003e is a provocative but heartwarming fable from a world-class storyteller who is finally achieving recognition outside his home country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Perumal Murugan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960874602614,"sku":"9780802147516","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_4b158b4b-ed21-4ca9-b5e1-46c3c7f25a03.jpg?v=1767858038","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-story-of-a-goat-9780802147516","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}