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The Story of a Goat
The Story of a Goat | Perumal Murugan
From one of India's best-known writers and the author of the National Book Award-longlisted One Part Woman comes a charming and surprising tale of an orphaned goat and the family that decides to take care of her, despite the potential cost to them
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The Story of a Goat | Perumal Murugan
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More than A Story of a Goat, this is a story of poverty in a rural community as people scrape to get by. The goat herself is also presented in a charming fashion. I enjoyed this.

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The Story of a Goat | Perumal Murugan
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Short novel with a small black goat as a main character; in the Orwellian tradition of using animals to deal with political and social constructs. This novel, set in a poor farming and herding community in India, looks at the plight of the poor and of women through the lives of an older couple and their “miraculous” goat. https://cannonballread.com/2020/10/the-story-of-a-goat-a-novel-elcicco/

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"No matter how much you give to this heart, it will never be enough "
-Old Woman | Poonachi
I read this book after Animal Farm by Orwell and it's a delight. Highlights the emotional side of humans and well ad Poonachi whose a goat. Beware, the book undoubtedly is not meant for kids just cause it's a story of an animal. The simplicity in the authors writing is what won my heart.

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Once in a village, there was a goat. No one knew where she was born. The birth of an ordinary life never leaves a trace, doesn't it?

Book #10 of Indian Origin Author October Series
#indianauthors #indianliteraturefest

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