The Man Who Spoke Snakish: Kivirõhk Andrus - Brossura

Kivirõhk

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1611855276 ISBN 13: 9781611855272

Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2017

Riassunto

Unfortunately people and tribes degenerate. They lose their teeth, forget their language, until finally they're bending meekly on the fields and cutting straw with a scythe.

Leemut, a young boy growing up in the forest, is content living with his hunter-gatherer family. But when incomprehensible outsiders arrive aboard ships and settle nearby, with an intriguing new religion, the forest begins to empty - people are moving to the village and breaking their backs tilling fields to make bread. Meanwhile, Leemut and the last forest-dwelling humans refuse to adapt: with bare-bottomed primates and their love of ancient traditions, promiscuous bears, and a single giant louse, they live in shacks, keep wolves, and speak to snakes.

Told with moving and satirical prose, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is a fiercely imaginative allegory about a boy, and a nation, standing on the brink of dramatic change.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Faber and Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1611855276
• ISBN 13: 9781611855272
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 448
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile