by Bárbara Gowdy · MAEVA EDICIONES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495354228
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«El tesoro blanco» is the novel by Bárbara Gowdy, published by Maeva Ediciones in paperback (277 pages, in Spanish).
A herd of African elephants crosses the plains in search of a safe place. Barro, a teenage elephant, seeks a bone with salvific powers to protect her species after the attack of poachers. The narrative adopts the perception and memory of elephants to reflect on ecology, survival, and human cruelty.
Original from 1998; Spanish edition from 2000, translated by Alejandro Pareja Rodríguez. Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
Readers of contemporary fiction interested in animal fiction and ecological themes.
Barbara Gowdy, CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Born in Windsor, Ontario, she is the long-time partner of poet Christopher Dewdney and resides in Toronto.
