Swimmer Among the Stars
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Author:THAROOR Kanishk
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ISBN:9781509822218
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Publication Date:March 2017
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Pages:239
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Binding:Hardback
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Publisher:Picador
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Swimmer Among the Stars
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Author:THAROOR Kanishk
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ISBN:9781509822218
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Publication Date:March 2017
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Pages:239
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Binding:Hardback
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Publisher:Picador
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Country of Publication:
Description
These, and the other stories in this collection, reveal an extraordinary young storyteller, 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.
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An 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.
These, and the other stories in this collection, reveal an extraordinary young storyteller, 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.
Featured in the Winter's Coming 2017 Great Reads newsletter.
To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.