The Elephant Keeper - Softcover

Nicholson, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061651613 ISBN 13: 9780061651618

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2010

Synopsis

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"Intensely moving. [An] exceptional novel."
--Boston Globe

A poignant and magical story set in eighteenth-century England, The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson is the tale of two baby elephants and the young man who accidentally finds himself their guardian. Every reader who was enchanted by Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants or enthralled by When Elephants Weep will adore Nicholson's The Elephant Keeper--a masterful blending of historical novel, coming-of-age tale, animal adventure, and love story.

Review:

"A pleasingly ambling tale." -- Financial Times

"A captivatingly original novel.This is a wonderful feat of story-telling, remarkable for its ability to wrench your heart without resorting to easy sentimentality." -- Daily Mail (London)

A pleasingly ambling tale. --Financial Times

"A captivatingly original novel...This is a wonderful feat of story-telling, remarkable for its ability to wrench your heart without resorting to easy sentimentality."--Daily Mail (London)

"A pleasingly ambling tale."--Financial Times

"A sensitive boy suddenly becomes groom to Timothy and Jenny, the first pair of young elephants brought into England in the 1700s. This informative, engaging and moving book has clear insight into the impact of poverty, alienation and isolation that is as relevant today as it was then."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review

"An extended meditation on human needs and how our choices shape a better or lesser existance. [A] poignant, heartfelt novel."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"While deftly portraying 18th century village and estate life as well as the dark, fog-bound streets of London, The Elephant Keeper examines themes such as human choice, fate and the cruel British class system."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Nicholson's light touch and sly humor ensures that the animal-human dialogue is entirely natural and intensely moving. (An) exceptional novel."--Boston Globe

"Christopher Nicholson traces the arc of Tom and Jenny's surprising journey with delicate empathy. He confronts sex, violence and power, but he does not shy away from less dramatic themes, such as gentleness and companionship, which help to make The Elephant Keeper such a rewarding book."--Times Literary Supplement (London)

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061651613
• ISBN 13: 9780061651618
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320