{"product_id":"dos294e5kxjv","title":"Animalia Indica: The Finest Animal Stories in Indian Literature Edited by Sumana Roy [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor centuries, the animal kingdom has captured the Indian imagination. And the land of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePanchatantra and the Jataka Tales continues to give rise to literary masterpieces. Some of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe greatest stories in modern Indian literature have animals as protagonists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Animalia Indica, Sumana Roy collects the best fiction written about animals from the past\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehundred years or so. Beginning with Premchand’s classic, ‘A Tale of Two Bullocks’, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003etaking in its sweep some of the greatest pieces of literary fiction to have originated in India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincluding ‘Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’ by Rudyard Kipling, ‘Mahesh’ by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘The Mark of Vishnu’ by Khushwant Singh, ‘A Horse and Two Goats’ by R. K. Narayan,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Poonachi’ by Perumal Murugan, ‘The Crocodile and the Monkey’ by Vikram Seth, ‘The\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReflections of a Hen in Her Last Hour’ by Paul Zacharia, ‘The Last Tiger’ by Ruskin Bond and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Elephant at Sea’ by Kanishk Tharoor, the stories in Animalia Indica are guaranteed to dazzle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe reader.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese stories, centred on animals, and written over the last hundred years or so, are among\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe greatest feats of creation in the annals of modern Indian literature. Once read, their\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eflaming brilliance will ensure they are never forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Tale of Two Bullocks by Premchand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMahesh by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJumman by Shripad Narayan Pendse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShooting an Elephant by George Orwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flood by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mark of Vishnu by Khushwant Singh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBulbuls by Habib Kamran\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Horse and Two Goats by R. K. Narayan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Copper-tailed Skink by Manjula Padmanabhan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Last Tiger by Ruskin Bond\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Owlet Who Craved the Sun by Achyutananda Pati\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Crocodile and the Monkey by Vikram Seth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabour by R. R. Borade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Reflections of a Hen in Her Last Hour by Paul Zacharia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Summer of the Crows by Nilanjana Roy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoonachi by Perumal Murugan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Tale of Animals by Moti Lal Kemmu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElephant at Sea by Kanishk Tharoor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSnake by Sujatha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Then Laughed the Hyena by Syed Muhammad Ashraf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Rupa Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48327940505850,"sku":"DOS294E5KXJV","price":546.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/DOS294E5KXJV_1.jpg?v=1730862970","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/dos294e5kxjv","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}