The elephant keeper - Christopher Nicholson

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Title
The elephant keeper
Author
Christopher Nicholson
format
Hardback
Publisher
4th Estate
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20090105

I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth.

In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by a wealthy landowner, they are taken to his estate in the English countryside. A stable boy, Tom Page, is given the task of caring for them.

The Elephant Keeper is Tom's account of his life with the elephants. As the years pass, and as they journey across England, his relationship with the female elephant deepens in a startling manner. Along the way they meet incredulity, distrust and tragedy, and it is only their understanding of each other that keeps them together.

Christopher Nicholson's charming and captivating novel explores notions of sexuality and violence, freedom and captivity, and the nature of story-telling - but most of all it is the study of a profound and remarkable love between an elephant and a human being.

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Christopher Nicholson read English at Cambridge University. He has been a community development worker in Cornwall, and a radio scriptwriter and producer in London. He lives in Dorset. 'The Elephant Keeper' is his second novel.

Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Elephants - England - History - 18th century - Fiction.|Zoo keepers - England - History - 18th century - Fiction.|Human-animal relationships - Fiction.|England - Social conditions - 18th century - Fiction.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
288

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