{"product_id":"what-we-fed-to-the-manticore-isbn-9781953534415","title":"What We Fed to the Manticore","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine, Bustle, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003eDebutiful, and \u003ci\u003eALTAJournal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of September\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Orion Best Book of Fall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn nine stories that span the globe, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Fed to the Manticore\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn striking, immersive detail against the backdrop of an ever-changing international landscape, \u003ci\u003eWhat We Fed to the Manticore\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"A collection of fables for the 21st century.\"—\u003cb\u003eBOMB\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vivid and exciting.\"—\u003cb\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Charming.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deeply tender.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Set to take its rightful place among some of the best environmental fiction in recent memory.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exquisite. . . . exceptional. . . . This remarkable collection leaves an indelible mark.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Imaginative. . . . Vulnerable and hopeful, this collection is a touching read.\"—\u003cb\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stupendous. . . . breathtaking. . . . remarkable.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Courageous and new.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lays bare the inextricable human-animal connection.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Touching, original. . . . This one will move you.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vivid.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOC Register\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Explores themes of loss, friendship, identity, and nature.\"—\u003cb\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fresh observations of the world.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unforgettable.\"—\u003cb\u003eAmerie's Book Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kolluri’s collection crosses borders to explore the inner lives of creatures.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eALTA Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A singular new voice. . . .  the stories are sparkling, strange, and tender.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Imaginative.\"—\u003cb\u003eBookbrowse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read for animal lovers.\"—\u003cb\u003eSoapberry Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With vivid emotion and scenery, the tender and heartfelt voices show the world from different points of view that speak to the interconnectedness of people, animals, and nature.\"—\u003cb\u003eShe Reads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vivid, imaginative, spellbinding. . . . Kolluri's prose reads like a beautiful song as it soars over the savannah and under the sea.\"—\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vivid and breathtaking. . . . deals with feelings of heartbreak and tenderness while crafting a profound message about environmentalism.\"—\u003cb\u003eBookstr, 5 Amazing Books that are Similar to Bambi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every single one of these stories is a gem.\" —\u003cb\u003eSo Many Damn Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kolluri delivers a dazzling, daring bestiary brimming over with textured, tender lives. A most magnificent debut!\"—\u003cb\u003eAimee Nezhukumatathil, author of\u003ci\u003e World of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"What We Fed to the Manticore\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of incredible imagination and daring, asking us to recognize the inner lives of whales, donkeys and pigeons to be as complex and deep as our own. The stories in this collection are gorgeously written and richly emotionally textured; in Talia Kolluri’s hands, the familiar world we live in comes freshly to life. I looked up from the last page to find that my own world—and my heart—had become bigger.\" —\u003cb\u003eClaire Comstock-Gay, author of \u003ci\u003eMadame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"—\u003cb\u003eAyse Papatya Bucak, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Trojan War Museum: and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The voicing of other species is an ancient, vulnerable, and utterly human practice. For millennia, we’ve placed our stories inside non-human animals not only to celebrate these creatures, but to see the ways our own natures bend and twist in a new set of stripes. The fiction in this deft collection proves that what we call ‘humanity’ exists within a menagerie of other beings, but it also showcases the mind of the one human animal regaling us with her singular wit and wonder. How lovely to get to know a storyteller like Talia Lakshmi Kolluri while she winks at us from inside the minds of a tiger, a vulture, a donkey, a whale.\"—\u003cb\u003eElena Passarello, author of \u003ci\u003eAnimals Strike Curious Poses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTalia Lakshmi Kolluri’\u003c\/b\u003es short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Minnesota Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Humanities Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Common,\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. 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