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The hundred names of darkness
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345815576
- ISBN: 0345815572
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Physical Description:
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400 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited, 2016.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The sequel and conclusion to The Wildings." "Originally published in India in 2013 by Aleph Book Company, New Delhi"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Animal societies -- Fiction Cats -- India -- New Delhi -- Fiction Feral cats -- Fiction Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction Voyages and travels -- Fiction Delhi (India) -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Paranormal fiction. Indic fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Camosun College Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Interurban Library | PAPERBACK (Text) | 26040003294655 | Recreational Reading | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
| Lansdowne Library | PAPERBACK (Text) | 26040003294663 | Recreational Reading | Volume hold | Available | - |
- PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews
Roy's anthropomorphic debut novel imagines the intimate life of cats in an urban neighborhood, a rich and vibrant environment inhabited by many other creatures who are both hunters and hunted. Roy cleverly draws the reader into a world revealed through the thoughts, conversations and actions of cats, mongooses, mice, rats, and birds. Their relationships are complex and intriguing, as they regard one another with respect, curiosity, fear, and sometimes compassion and protectiveness. In a derelict neighborhood of Delhi, India, the wildings, who have always lived outside, respecting the essential laws of nature in the territory they have shared with other animals, are suddenly threatened. Many feral cats, who have lived all of their lives in filthy, crowded conditions inside "the Shuttered House," are released into the community when the elderly man with whom they have lived, dies. Having never learned to respect the laws of nature, the ferals, excited by the lush resource of available wild "meat," begin ravaging the area. An incredible battle to the death ensues. Much depends on Mara, an orange kitten with special powers of communicating with cats of all kinds, and the wildings' collective capacity for cooperation and respect. Roy's imaginative tale makes an evocative comment on life and survival. Agent: David Godwin, David Godwin Associates. (Jan.) Copyright 2016 Publishers Weekly Annex.
