What We Fed to the Manticore, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
What We Fed to the Manticore, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
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What We Fed to the Manticore

Author: Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

Narrator: Nikki Massoud, Neil Shah

Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/06/2022


Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 17, 2025

Why did this book have to make me cry? 😭 👉 Check out my Best books of 2024 on BookTube. 👈 "The white bear thought of the fox's prints in the snow that same way that he thought about the stars." What We Fed to the Manticore includes nine short stories, all told about animals. And often times, th......more

Goodreads review by Laura on February 18, 2023

I am always on the lookout for stories that teach something about the world and our place in it, stories that shift our perspective while also entertaining. The nine innovative, imaginative short stories in What We Fed the Manticore, each narrated by a different animal, accomplish this in spades. Th......more

Goodreads review by Emily on January 02, 2023

Vivid, enchanting, and tragic, this collection of stories highlight the immense love and suffering, hopes and memories, dreams and dreads of the animals around us. From forest to sea to desert, we see the devastating costs of plundering the environment, of losing respect for nature and the gorgeousl......more

Goodreads review by BookOfCinz on April 16, 2023

A collection of short stories, all told from the perspective of... animals! I have read a lot of short stories and this one really went there! If you love animals and a well written collection, this is for you.......more

Goodreads review by J. (Better Off Read) on January 17, 2023

Poignant, provocative, and urgent, the short stories in this collection contain anthropomorphic animals telling stories of their experiences in a world dominated (and devastated) by humans. I found the approach of using all animal narrators and protagonists to personalize topics like climate change......more