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What We Fed to the Manticore

(2022)
A collection of stories by

 
 
Awards
2023 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee)

A Ms. Magazine, Bustle, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Review of Books,Debutiful, and ALTA Journal Best Book of September


An Orion Best Book of Fall



A Rumpus and The Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2022


In 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.


Through 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.


In 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.




Genre: Literary Fiction

Praise for this book

"If like me, you fell in love with Fiver and Hazel and Charlotte and Wilbur as a child and have been looking ever since for stories that work that same magic--here they are. This spellbinding collection reminds us that every animal story is a human one, and every human story an animal one. These stories work like incantations." - Ayşe Papatya Bucak


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