The Mud Elephant

A NOVEL OF FRIENDSHIP, MEMORY, AND THE ENDURING WEIGHT OF THE PAST

von Venkat Rajan

242 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Veeran, a ten-year-old boy, is trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty and prejudice. He lives in Varambiam, an obscure village in southern Tamil Nadu, India, where caste divisions define everyday life. Veeran spends his days tending to the chores of the village Zamindar, whose once-powerful family has now lost its wealth and faded into obscurity.Bala, the Zamindar's ten-year-old grandson, arrives from Chennai to spend time in the ancestral village, escaping the hardships of subsistence living in Chennai.Bala finds friends in Veeran; Sevapan, the family's deaf steer; Tiger, the loyal dog who guards the old house; and Joseph, the railway gatekeeper with his utopian socialist leanings. Through innocent eyes, Bala witnesses the consequences of his family's proud past and the humiliation that has befallen the once-respected village patriarch. Together, the boys of Varambiam learn enduring lessons about friendship, dignity, and hope-and make a secret wish.Years later, Bala is settled in Mumbai with his wife.Will he ever meet Veeran again? And will the secret wish they made as boys finally come true?

• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre
• ISBN: 9798906964588
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2026
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Notion Press