{"product_id":"what-we-fed-to-the-manticore","title":"What We Fed to the Manticore","description":"Longlisted for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction.\n\nFinalist for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.\n\nA Ms. Magazine, Bustle, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Review of Books, Debutiful, and ALTAJournal Best Book of September\n\nAn Orion Best Book of Fall\n\nIn nine stories that span the globe, What We Fed to the Manticore takes readers inside the minds of a full cast of animal narrators to understand the triumphs, heartbreaks, and complexities of the creatures that share our world.\n\nThrough nine emotionally vivid stories, all narrated from animal perspectives, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri’s debut collection explores themes of environmentalism, conservation, identity, belonging, loss, and family with resounding heart and deep tenderness. In Kolluri’s pages, a faithful hound mourns the loss of the endangered rhino he swore to protect. Vultures seek meaning as they attend to the antelope that perished in Central Asia. A beloved donkey’s loyalty to a zookeeper in Gaza is put to the ultimate test. And a wounded pigeon in Delhi finds an unlikely friend.\n\nIn striking, immersive detail against the backdrop of an ever-changing international landscape, What We Fed to the Manticore speaks to the fears and joys of the creatures we share our world with, and ultimately places the reader under the rich canopy of the tree of life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1953534414\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1953534414.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kolluri, Talia Lakshmi\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43359093456957,"sku":"BVV.1953534414.A","price":8.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1953534414-0.jpg?v=1784323145","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/what-we-fed-to-the-manticore","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}