Swimmer Among the Stars (e-bog) af Tharoor, Kanishk
Tharoor, Kanishk (forfatter)

Swimmer Among the Stars e-bog

82,58 DKK (inkl. moms 103,22 DKK)
'Do read this . . . I don't think I've ever read a collection which exuberantly spans such breadths of time and space.' Mark HaddonAn 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 hi...
E-bog 82,58 DKK
Forfattere Tharoor, Kanishk (forfatter)
Forlag Picador
Udgivet 6 april 2017
Længde 208 sider
Genrer Fiction: general and literary
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781509822140
'Do read this . . . I don't think I've ever read a collection which exuberantly spans such breadths of time and space.' Mark HaddonAn 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.The stories in Swimmer Among the Stars reveal an extraordinary young storyteller in Kanishk Tharoor, 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.