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A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga - by Julia Whitty (Paperback)

Name: A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga - by Julia Whitty (Paperback)
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
SKU: 1002818215
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Bringing a unique perspective and a singular voice to contemporary fiction, A TORTOISE FOR THE QUEEN OF TONGA features lush, poignant stories about the natural world.
Author(s): Julia Whitty
192 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)

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About the Book

Bringing a unique perspective and a singular voice to contemporary fiction, this collection features lush, poignant stories about the natural world. Here are characters--mammals, historical figures, everyday people--who discover the liberating properties of memory, rebellion, and knowledge in the face of captivity and loneliness.

Book Synopsis

Bringing a unique perspective and a singular voice to contemporary fiction, A TORTOISE FOR THE QUEEN OF TONGA features lush, poignant stories about the natural world. Here are mammals, historical figures, everyday people who discover the liberating properties of memory and knowledge in the face of captivity and loneliness. We meet a forlorn tortoise forced to live among humans. We witness orcas at Ocean World staging a revolt, using celibacy as their weapon. In a French cave, a young computer animator draws parallels between Cro-Magnon and modern women. One story even travels to heaven, where Charles Darwin seeks the source of human happiness.
Whitty joins her authority about wildlife and her rich imagination to spectacular effect. Drawing on twenty years' experience with making nature documentaries, she takes readers inside the minds of animals and people struggling to overcome their limitations. In a voice as magical as it is informed, A TORTOISE FOR THE QUEEN OF TONGA bridges the mythical and the mundane, the animal and the human. Julia Whitty is a brilliant new storyteller in American short fiction.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.56 Inches (H) x 5.56 Inches (W) x .48 Inches (D)

Weight: .54 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 192

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Format: Paperback

Author: Julia Whitty

Language: English

Street Date: April 3, 2002

TCIN: 1002818215

UPC: 9780618119806

Item Number (DPCI): 247-25-7056

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.54 pounds

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