A zoo worker, cautiously washing down Marysue the elephant, thinks of the strange, grim stories his co-workers have told him about their lives. Giraffes in another zoo demand better living conditions and stage a mock group suicide to attract public notice. A girl escapes her repressive finishing school by running off with her lover to the African jungle but takes longer to give the slip to the private detectives hired by her father. Hannah Tinti s debut collection combines the virtues of traditional story-telling with utter freshness and modernity. Snake or dog, buffalo or turkey, the animals in her brilliant, darkly comic stories are never cute, as they hold up a disturbing mirror to the human beings around them.
- ISBN10 030742278X
- ISBN13 9780307422781
- Publish Date 18 December 2007 (first published 2 March 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Delta
- Format eBook
- Pages 104
- Language English