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With the compassion of Gorillas in the Mist, Kim Echlin's thought-provoking debut evokes the beauty of nature and animals -- and the pain and triumph that comes with human understanding of it.Summoned home from Zimbabwe, Sophie Walker has returned to southern Ontario to nurse her dying mother. Her mother's farm borders on a tacky tourist spot called "Safari, " and across from the kitchen window Sophie sees a herd of the immense Asian elephants playing in the snow. When the elephant keeper invites her to join in caring for the herd, she discovers a new human-animal relationship by recording and playing back the infrasound rumblings, bellows, and trumpets of the elephants. As she and her mother try to decode an Elephant-English dictionary, Sophie slowly uncovers an elephant culture, one which simultaneously honors the herd and the individual with Zen-like acceptance.
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Summoned home from Zimbabwe, Sophie Walker has returned to southern Ontario to nurse her dying mother. Her mother's farm borders on a tacky tourist spot called "Safari, " and across from the kitchen window Sophie sees a herd of the immense Asian elephants playing in the snow. When the elephant keeper invites her to join in caring for the herd, she discovers a new human-animal relationship by recording and playing back the infrasound rumblings, bellows, and trumpets of the elephants. As she and her mother try to decode an Elephant-English dictionary, Sophie slowly uncovers an elephant culture, one which simultaneously honors the herd and the individual with Zen-like acceptance.
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When Sophie Walker leaves Zimbabwe to return to her family's home in Ontario to care for her dying mother, she questions her nomadic existence until she spies a herd of elephants on the adjacent property and begins a relationship with the animals and their trainer, Jo Mann.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Like New, Unread Copy. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Sophie Walker Is Back From Africa To Nurse Her Dying Mother. Her Mother's Ontario Farm Borders On "Safari"?A Tacky Tourist Spot Now Deserted For The Winter. From Her Mother's Window Sophie Sees Not Cows, Or Horses, But A Group Of Indian Elephants Playing Gracefully In The Snow. Elephant Winter Is A Novel About The Forms Of Intimacy, From The Turbulent Love Between A Mother And Daughter To The Fulfilling Bond Between Sophie And The Elephants. Seller Inventory # 005006
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Couverture rigide. Condition: Neuf. Dust Jacket Condition: Neuf. Edition originale. « If you choose to live with elephants you've chosen to live enthralled. I allow myself to be ravished by them. I risk their force, to break and blow, to untie and overthrow. I am imprisoned by them and our bonds free us. We have little language for this sort of thing. The story I am about to tell you is how I came to live with elephants in captivity.». Seller Inventory # R803