Goat Days

Goat Days

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Publisher's Synopsis

Now in paperback, Benyamin's wry and tender telling transforms the strange and bitter comedy of Najeeb's life in the desert into a universal tale of loneliness and alienation.

In the southern Indian state of Kerala, Najeeb's dearest wish is to work in a Persian Gulf country and earn enough money to send some back home. One day, he finally achieves this dream, only to be propelled by a series of incidents-grim and absurd-into a slave-like existence, herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert. Memories of his loving family and of the lush, verdant landscape of his village haunt Najeeb, whose only solace is the companionship of goats. In the end, the lonely young man is forced to contrive a hazardous scheme to escape his desert prison.

An instant bestseller in India, Goat Days is available for the first time in English, translated by Joseph Koyippally. Benyamin is a brilliant new talent of Malayalam literature and his wry and tender telling transforms the strange and bitter comedy of Najeeb's life in the desert into a universal tale of loneliness and alienation.

Book information

ISBN: 9780857423955
Publisher: Seagull Books
Imprint: Seagull Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 894.812372
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 398g
Height: 144mm
Width: 219mm
Spine width: 24mm