Bibliograph

The white bone, a novel, Barbara Gowdy

Type

Label

The white bone, a novel, Barbara Gowdy

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The white bone

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Barbara Gowdy

Sub title

a novel

Summary

If elephants could tell just one story, it would be the story of Mud, a young elephant cow orphaned at birth and blessed with visionary powers. Mud's life on the African plain is changed forever when she and her adopted family are forced by prolonged drought to linger at one of the few remaining watering holes. The herd is ambushed there by ivory poachers, who kill almost all the cows and their young. The traumatized survivors, including a pregnant Mud, set out in search of the talismanic white bone that can lead them to a paradise free from human savagery

Target audience

adult

Classification