The Weavers and the Elephant

About the Book

THREE STORIES THAT WHISK YOU FROM SHIMMERING SKIES TO SHADOWED PATHS, WHERE ELEPHANTS FLY, GHOSTS PROWL AND TINY HEROES FACE BIG DANGERS. A thunderclap splits the sky-and a rainbow-winged elephant descends, carrying a weaver towards a destiny spun from magic itself. On a misty riverbank, a fearless girl faces a ghost with the legs of a wolf-its shifting form hiding a deadly secret. Deep in the grass, two small travellers set out into a vast and dangerous insect kingdom, where even a single raindrop can be a flood. The Weavers and the Elephant, featuring The Khikri Kata Bhoot & Tina Quito and Tara Musca, three immensely enjoyable tales, sweeps you into three breathtaking adventures, each charged with wonder, danger and the courage to face the impossible. Step in ... get ready for magic, menace and marvellous adventures.

About the Author

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is a doctor by day and the author of a collection of short stories, The Adivasi Will Not Dance, which was shortlisted for The Hindu Prize; and a novel, The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey, which won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar and was nominated for The Hindu Prize and the Crossword Book Award and the International Dublin Literary Award. His other books include My Father's Garden and Jwala Kumar and the Gift of Fire: Adventures in Champakbagh, a novel for children. He also translates into English from Santali, Hindi and Bengali. His translations have been published in Asymptote, The Hindu Literary Review, Scroll.in, National Herald on Sunday, Usawa Literary Review, Indian Literature, Poetry at Sangam and The Dalhousie Review.