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White elephant : a novel / Jeyamohan ; translated from the Tamil by Priyamvada Ramkumar.
Van Pelt Library PL4758.9.J4569 V4513 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jeyamōkan̲, Author.
- Standardized Title:
- Veḷḷaiyāṇai. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/f2c4cf57-85bd-41fb-d826-6dfc93c9fec2
- Language:
- English
- Tamil
- Subjects (All):
- Famines--India--History--19th century.
- Famines.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- x, 322 pages ; cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : FSG Originals / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026.
- Language Note:
- In English, translated from the Tamil.
- Summary:
- "A dazzling postcolonial inversion of Heart of Darkness set during the Great Indian Famine of 1878 that recounts its devastating cost to both life and human dignity"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Originally published in Tamil in 2013 by Ezhuthu, India, as Vellai Yaanai.
- ISBN:
- 9780374619428
- 0374619425
- OCLC:
- 1535703597
- Publisher Number:
- 90104723945
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