The Tusk That Did the Damage

A novel from the Vintage Earth collection

Tania James

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Vintage Classics
01 November 2022

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Vintage Earth

VINTAGE EARTH- Change the story. Novels to transform our relationship with the natural world.

'There he was, his trunk wrapped in hers. Whatever hurt or sorrow befell him was not really happening to him. He was on the other bank with his mother. He was not here'

When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name, the Gravedigger, from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the studious son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin to the Gravedigger and is drawn into the alluring world of ivory hunting.

Emma is working on a documentary set in a Kerala wildlife park with her best friend. Her work leads her to witness the porous boundary between conservation and corruption, until eventually she finds herself caught up in her own betrayal.

'One of the most unusual and affecting books... a compulsively readable, devastating novel' Jonathan Safran Foer
*Tania James's spellbinding new novel Loot is available for pre-order now!
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VINTAGE EARTH is a collection of novels to transform our relationship with the natural world. Each one is a work of creative activism, a blast of fresh air, a seed from which change can grow. The books in this series reconnect us to the planet we inhabit - and must protect. Discover great writing on the most urgent story of our times.

By: Tania James
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 195g
ISBN: 9781784877934
ISBN 10: 178487793X
Series: Vintage Earth
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , College/higher education , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tania James's debut novel Atlas of Unknowns was a New York Times Editor's Choice and was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian literature. She has also written the short story collection Aerogrammes, and her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Freeman's- The Future of New Writing, One Story and A Public Space. The Tusk That Did the Damage was shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. From 2011 to 2012, Tania James was a Fulbright fellow to India living in New Delhi. She now lives in Washington DC.

Reviews for The Tusk That Did the Damage: A novel from the Vintage Earth collection

One of the most compelling and unusual novels I've read this year.... A fascinating story of hunters and observers, old mythical gods and modern politics. * Guardian, Book of the Year * Impressive...sharp and unnerving sensibility. James offers a captivating rendering of an animal's point of view. Assured and skillful * New York Times Book Review * Impressive * Guardian *